Der Freischütz Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB BBCC DDEE BBFA GGHH HHBB HHID JJBB BJHH HHJH BBHH KLBB IIHH HHII MMHH HHNN HHOO PPHH HHHH DDHH IIAA QQQQ HHQQ HHHH QQHI HHEE HHII DIHH HHAA AADD JJIH D HHD| Wie gehts my frendts if you'll allow | A |
| I sings you rite afay shoost now | A |
| Some dretful shdories vitch dey calls | B |
| Der Freysch tz or de Magic Balls | B |
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| Wohl in Bohemian land it cooms | B |
| Vhere folk trink prandy mate of plooms | B |
| Dere lifed ein Yaeger Maxerl Schmit | C |
| Who shot mit goons und nefer hit | C |
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| Now dere vas von oldt Yaeger who | D |
| Says Maxerl dis vill nefer do | D |
| If you shouldt miss on drial tay | E |
| Dere'll pe der tyfel denn to bay | E |
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| If you do miss you shtupid coose | B |
| Dere'll pe de donnerwetter loose | B |
| For you shant hafe mine taughter's hand | F |
| Nor pe der Hertzhog's yaegersmann | A |
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| Id coomed pefore de tay vas set | G |
| Dat all de shaps togeder met | G |
| Und Max he fired his goon und missed | H |
| Und all de gals cot roundt und hissed | H |
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| Dey laughed pefore und hissed pehind | H |
| Boot von shap Kaspar saidt Ton't mind | H |
| I dells you vot you stoons 'em alls | B |
| If yoost you shoodt mit magic balls | B |
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| De magic balls oh vot is dat | H |
| I cot soom in my hoontin' hat | H |
| Dey're plack as kohl und shoodt so drue | I |
| Oh dem's de kindt of balls for you | D |
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| You see dat eagle vlyin' high | J |
| Ein hoondred miles oop in de sky | J |
| Shoot at dat eagle mit your bix | B |
| You kills hin tead ash doonderblix | B |
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| I ton't pelieve de dings you say | B |
| You fool says Kasp denn plaze afay | J |
| He plazed afay vhen sure as plood | H |
| Down coom de eagle in de mud | H |
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| O was ist das said Maxerl Schmit | H |
| Vhy dat's de eagle vot you hit | H |
| You kills him vhen you plaze afay | J |
| Boot dat's a ding you nix verstay | H |
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| Und you moost go to make dem balls | B |
| To de Wolf's Glen vhen mitnight valls | B |
| Dow know'st de shpot alone und late | H |
| Oh ja I know shim ganz foost rate | H |
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| Boot denn I does not like to co | K |
| Among dem dings Says Kasp Ach 'sho | L |
| I'll help you fix dem tyfel chaps | B |
| Like a goot veller dake some schnapps | B |
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| Hilf Zamiel hilf Here dake some more | I |
| Denn Kasp vent shtompin' roundt de vloor | I |
| Und coomed his hoompugs ofer Schmit | H |
| Dill Max saidt Nun ich gehe mit | H |
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| All in de finster mitternocht | H |
| Vhen oder folk in shleep vas lockt | H |
| Down in de Wolfschlucht Kasp tid dry | I |
| His tyfel strikes und Hexery | I |
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| Mit skools und pones he mate a ring | M |
| De howls und shpooks pegin to sing | M |
| Und all the tyfels oonder croundt | H |
| Coom preakin' loose und rooshin' roundt | H |
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| Denn Maxerl cooms along says he | H |
| Mein Gott vot dings ish dis I see | H |
| I dinks de fery tyfel und all | N |
| Moost help to make dem magic ball | N |
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| I vish dat I had nix cum raus | H |
| Und shtaid mineself in bett to house | H |
| Hilf Zamiel cried Kasp you whelp | O |
| You red Dootch tyfel coom und help | O |
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| Den oop dere coomed a tredfull shdorm | P |
| De todtengrips aroundt tid schvarm | P |
| De howl shoomped oop und flopt his vings | H |
| Und toorned his het like avery dings | H |
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| Oop droo de croundt dere coomed a pot | H |
| Mit leadt und dings to make de shot | H |
| Und h llisch fire in grimson plaze | H |
| Und awful schmells like Schweitzer kase | H |
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| Agross de scene a pine shtick flew | D |
| Mit seferal shail pirds vastened to | D |
| Six treadtful shail pirds mit deir vings | H |
| Tied to de shticks mit magic shtrings | H |
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| All droo de air all in a row | I |
| Die wilde Jagd vas seen to go | I |
| De hounds und teer all mate of pone | A |
| Und hoonted py a skilleton | A |
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| Dere coomed a tredful shpecdre pig | Q |
| Who shpitten' fire afay tid dig | Q |
| Und fiery drocks und tyfel shnake | Q |
| A scootin' droo de air tid preak | Q |
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| Boot Kaspar tidn't mindt dem alls | H |
| But casted out de pullet balls | H |
| Six vas to go ash he vouldt like | Q |
| De sevent' moost for de tyfel shtrike | Q |
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| Ad last oopon de drial tay | H |
| De gals cot roundt so nice und gay | H |
| Und den dey goed und maked a tantz | H |
| Und singed apout de Jungfernkranz | H |
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| Und denn der Hertshog dat's der Duke | Q |
| Cooms doun und dinks he'll dake a look | Q |
| Young mans to Maxerl denn saidt he | H |
| Shoost shoot dem dove oopon dat dree | I |
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| Denn Maxerl pointed mit de bix | H |
| Potzblitz says he dat dove I'll fix | H |
| He fired his rifle at de Taub' | E |
| When Kass rollt ofer in de Staub | E |
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| De pride she falled too in de doost | H |
| Dey gals dey cried de men dey got coossed | H |
| Der Hertshog says Id's fery glear | I |
| Dat dere has peen some tyfels here | I |
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| Und Max has shot mit tyfels blei | D |
| Pfui die verfluchte Hexerei | I |
| O Maximilian O Du | H |
| Gehst nit mit rechten Dingen zu | H |
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| Boot denn a hermits coomed in late | H |
| Says he I'll fix dese dings foostrate | H |
| Und telled der Hertshog dat yung men | A |
| Vill raise der Tyfel now und denn | A |
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| De Duke forgifed de Kaspar dann | A |
| Und mate of him a Yegersmann | A |
| Vhat shoodts mit bixen goon und pfeil | D |
| Und talks apout de Waidmannsheil | D |
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| Und denn de pride she coomed to life | J |
| Und cot to pe de Maxerl's vife | J |
| Denn all de beoples gried Hoorah | I |
| Das ist recht brav und hopsasa | H |
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| MORAL | D |
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| Py dis dings may pe oondershtood | H |
| Dat vhat is pad works ofden goot | H |
| Or Maximilia maximilibus curantur if you will | D |
Charles G. Leland
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