Auf der Lüneburger Heide
# Auf der Lüneburger Heide

The song Auf der Lüneburger Heide ("On the Lüneburg Heath") was composed in 1912 by Ludwig Rahlfs based on a poem from the collection Der kleine Rosengarten ("The Little Rose Garden") by Hermann Löns.

It is often played at folk festivals in this region of north Germany and is also frequently part of the repertoire of local choral societies.

It gained fame outside the Lüneburg Heath as a result of the 1951 film Grün ist die Heide ("Green is the Heath") with Kurt Reimann as the singer and the 1972 film of the same name in which Roy Black sings the heathland song. Various musicians have publicised their own interpretations of the song, for example the tenor Rudolf Schock on his CD Stimme für Millionen ("Voice for Millions"). The Slovenian industrial band Laibach used the song in 1988 on their cover version of the Beatles album Let It be, where under the title Maggie Mae, instead of the folk song used by the Beatles an unfamiliar version of Auf der Lüneburger Heide (first and third verses) may be heard.

## Text and English translation

| 1. Auf der Lüneburger Haide, In dem wunderschönen Land Ging ich auf und ging ich unter, Allerlei am Weg ich fand; Refrain: Valleri, vallera, Und jucheirassa, und jucheirassa, Bester Schatz, bester Schatz, Denn du weißt es weißt es ja. 2. Brüder, laßt die Gläser klingen, Denn der Muskatellerwein Wird vom langen Stehen sauer, Ausgetrunken muß er sein; Refrain 3. Und die Bracken und die bellen, Und die Büchse und die knallt, Rote Hirsche wolln wir jagen In dem grünen, grünen Wald; Refrain 4. Ei du Hübsche, ei du Feine, Ei du Bild, wie Milch und Blut, Unsre Herzen wolln wir tauschen, Denn du glaubst nicht, wie das tut; Refrain | 1. On the Lüneburg Heath In that beautiful land I walked up and I walked down All sorts on the way I found Refrain: Valleri Vallera And yoohirassah, and yoohirassah Dearest love, dearest love For you know, you know it, sure 2. Brothers let our glasses clink For the Muscatel wine Will become sour from standing too long Every drop must be drunk up Refrain 3. And the bracken and the barking And the rifle and the shot We are off to hunt red deer In the woods and forests green Refrain 4. Oh my beauty, oh my fair one With your face of lilies and roses How we want to swap our hearts For you don't know how that's done Refrain |
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