Lyrics - Swiss German
(Folk song from Switzerland)
Det äne am Bergli, det schtat e wiessi Geiss.
I ha si welle mälche, da haut sie mer eis.
Refrain
Holä duli duli duli,
Holä duli duli duli duli
Holä duli duli duli
Holä duli duli duli du.
Sie hät mer eis g’haue, das tuet mer so weh.
Jetzt mälch i miner Läbtig dei wiessi Geiss meh’
Refrain
Jetzt gahn ich is Stedtli und chauf mer e Geiss
Ich chauf mer e bruni, die haut mer e keis
Refrain
English Translation – Up on the little mountain
Up on the little mountain, there stands a white goat.
I wanted to milk her, but she kicked me.
Refrain
Holä duli duli duli,
Holä duli duli duli duli
Holä duli duli duli
Holä duli duli duli du.
She kicked me, and it hurts so much.
Now I’ll never milk that white goat again in my life.
Refrain
Now I’m going to the little town and buying myself a goat.
I’ll buy a brown one, that one won’t kick me.
Refrain
See also
- Country: Switzerland
- Subject: goat
- Harmony: I, V
- Melody: dominant triad
- Meter: 3
- Rhythm: anacrusis
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: s,t,drmfs
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- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
