Schumann: From the Album for the Young, Volksliedchen Op. 68 No. 9

[iumonito]

Comments welcome.  Is there a known literary reference for this?

[pianistimo]

on 'songs and singing' by friedrich ruckert

possibly this one?

http://www.geneva.edu/~dksmith/clara/lyric.html#Tag

here's a bbc thread:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/voices/pip/593ut/  the text is sung here.  we'll get to the bottom of this.

i think it was called 'the little folksong' and not the one used by clara schumann