Author of the Text Friedrich Daumer
Title of Poem or Text A pretty bird in the garden
Title of Book or Collection Liebeslieder Waltzer by Johannes Brahms
Text A little pretty bird took flight
Into the garden fair, where fruit was plentiful.
Were I a pretty little bird,
I’d not delay, I’d do the same as he.
Treacherous lime trap lies in wait;
Poor little bird could not escape.
Were I a pretty little bird,
I’d think again, not do the same as he.
The bird it came into a maiden’s hand,
And there was safe, the lucky one.
Were I a pretty little bird,
I’d not delay, I’d do the same as he.