Uploaded July 2009 | Updated September 2026, 23 minutes ago
(SEE LYRICS BELOW)
Songs My Mother Taught Me written for voice and piano in 1880 by Dvorak is presented in this Spadecaller video, which showcases the amazing voice of soprano Renee Fleming and some exceptional paintings created by Marry Cassatt, Kustav Klimt, Claude Monet, and John Singer Sargent.
Czech text
Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala,
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučím,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učím!
German text by Adolf Heyduk
Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte singen,
tränen in den Wimpern gar so oft ihr hingen.
Jetzt, wo ich die Kleinen selber üb im Sange,
rieselt's in den Bart oft,
rieselt's oft von der braunen Wange.
English Translation
Songs my mother taught me,
In the days long vanished;
Seldom from her eyelids
Were the teardrops banished.
Now I teach my children,
Each melodious measure.
Oft the tears are flowing,
Oft they flow from my memory's treasure.
(SEE LYRICS BELOW)
Songs My Mother Taught Me written for voice and piano in 1880 by Dvorak is presented in this Spadecaller video, which showcases the amazing voice of soprano Renee Fleming and some exceptional paintings created by Marry Cassatt, Kustav Klimt, Claude Monet, and John Singer Sargent.
Czech text
Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala,
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučím,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učím!
German text by Adolf Heyduk
Als die alte Mutter mich noch lehrte singen,
tränen in den Wimpern gar so oft ihr hingen.
Jetzt, wo ich die Kleinen selber üb im Sange,
rieselt's in den Bart oft,
rieselt's oft von der braunen Wange.
English Translation
Songs my mother taught me,
In the days long vanished;
Seldom from her eyelids
Were the teardrops banished.
Now I teach my children,
Each melodious measure.
Oft the tears are flowing,
Oft they flow from my memory's treasure.
