Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.749241 Composed by Folksong from Switzerland, canton Aargau. Arranged by Deborah Krauss. A Cappella,Folk,Instructional,Multicultural,World. Octavo. 2 pages. Cold Springs Publications #355154. Published by Cold Springs Publications (A0.749241). In Swiss-German dialect, this well-known folksong from the canton of Aargau in north-central Switzerland is arranged here for 3 mixed voices. In true folksong fashion, there are 12 verses total, a story about a young lad who goes off to war, and after a year comes home to find his sweetheart now has a new love. Looking for consolation from his mother, she instead tells him he should have never left! In this arrangement, only three verses have been selected, just to keep the story short and sweet. Translated: 1) In Aargau are two sweethearts, they loved each other well; 6) God greet you dearest maiden, to you my heart is true; 8) Good looks and riches has he, and both are dear to me, and then a repeat of verse 1.
