The Juniper Tree

Sep 08, 2011 11:43

"My mother, she killed me,
My father, he ate me,
My sister Marlene,
Gathered all my bones,
Tied them in a silken scarf,
Laid them beneath the juniper tree,
Tweet, tweet, what a beautiful bird am I."

~ from The Juniper Tree by Jacob and Wilhem Grimm


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ladykalessia September 9 2011, 05:47:21 UTC
That was a lovely translation, and I wish I knew the tune to sing the German words to. :)

You know this is a woot shirt up for sale, right?

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hsifeng September 9 2011, 15:48:10 UTC
You know this is a woot shirt up for sale, right?

*grin* I did a screen capture of the image in this post while I was buying the shirt for myself.

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docryder September 11 2011, 04:23:08 UTC
Knida reminds me of a Loreena McKennitt song, "The Bonny Swans" (http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/the-bonny-swans-lyrics-loreena-mckennitt.html).

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hsifeng September 12 2011, 15:25:57 UTC
Songs of love and murder...the best sort of old timey music ( ... )

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