There is a beautiful German translation of this ballad, as it appeared in the Reliques, in the Volk-Lieder of Professor Herder; an elegant work, in which it is only to be regretted, that the actual popular songs of the Germans form so trifling a proportion.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Not far from her sat Frau Makart, the great instructor in the art of German Lieder interpretation, a hard-featured woman who sneered at Italians, Italian methods and Italian music.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
This monumental work, known as "Evangelischer Lieder-Schatz," is the most comprehensive hymn collection ever published in German, and is a veritable gold-mine of the classics of Protestant hymnody.
"The Story of Our Hymns"
Ernest Edwin Ryden