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Location: Landkreis Nienburg/Weser, Lower Saxony, Germany
The folk song of the little Nienburg girl: I am the little Nienburg girl.
I have a little hat on
with lots of flowers on it.
I am the little Nienburg girl.
I am the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy.
He's got an old Deiwitz on
with lots of flowers on it.
I am the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy.
I am the little Nienburg girl.
I have a pretty dress on
with lots of lace on it.
I am the little Nienburg girl.
I am the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy.
He's got an old box on,
with lots of patches on it. I'm the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy. I'm the little Nienburg, Nienburg girl.
I've got such a pretty apron on
with so many flowers on it.
I'm the little Nienburg, Nienburg girl. I'm the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy.
I've got so many jackets on
with so many rags on them.
I'm the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy. I'm the little Nienburg, Nienburg girl.
I've got such little shoes on
with so many bows on them.
I'm the little Nienburg, Nienburg girl. I'm the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger boy.
I've got so many stews on
with so many chewing dirt on them. I am the old Kalenbarger, Kalenbarger Bur.
October 26, 2021
The sculpture was created from a competition on the occasion of the 950th anniversary of Nienburg in 1975. “I am the little Nienburg girl” was a popular folk song at the end of the 19th century.
October 26, 2021
I am the little Nienburg girl, also known under the title Nienburgerin and Kalenberger, is a folk song from Nienburg/Weser. It has been recorded in songbooks since 1912 at the latest. In the folk song, the little Nienburg girl and the Calenberger farmer take turns singing about their clothes. Such antiphonal songs often originated at state borders and have a folkloristic significance; they are referred to as neighborhood teasing. The song is divided into eight verses. The song belongs to a group of joke songs that have been handed down in many regional variants since the beginning of the 19th century. What is appealing about the Nienburg version is that the small-town girl sings in standard German, the "Bur" in Low German. A similar variant is also handed down in Westphalia as the little Limburgerin.
Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_bin_die_kleine_Nienburgerin
March 14, 2022
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