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The pleasant isle of Rugen looks the Baltic water o'er	A
To the silver sanded beaches of the Pomeranian shore	B
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And in the town of Rambin a little boy and maid	C
Plucked the meadow flowers together and in the sea surf played	C
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Alike were they in beauty if not in their degree	D
He was the Amptman's first born the miller's child was she	D
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Now of old the isle of Rugen was full of Dwarfs and Trolls	E
The brown faced little Earth men the people without souls	E
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And for every man and woman in Rugen's island found	F
Walking in air and sunshine a Troll was underground	F
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It chanced the little maiden one morning strolled away	G
Among the haunted Nine Hills where the elves and goblins play	G
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That day in barley fields below the harvesters had known	H
Of evil voices in the air and heard the small horns blown	H
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She came not back the search for her in field and wood was vain	I
They cried her east they cried her west but she came not again	J
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She's down among the Brown Dwarfs said the dream wives wise and old	K
And prayers were made and masses said and Rambin's church bell tolled	K
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Five years her father mourned her and then John Deitrich said	L
I will find my little playmate be she alive or dead	L
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He watched among the Nine Hills he heard the Brown Dwarfs sing	M
And saw them dance by moonlight merrily in a ring	M
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And when their gay robed leader tossed up his cap of red	L
Young Deitrich caught it as it fell and thrust it on his head	L
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The Troll came crouching at his feet and wept for lack of it	N
Oh give me back my magic cap for your great head unfit	N
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Nay Deitrich said the Dwarf who throws his charmed cap away	G
Must serve its finder at his will and for his folly pay	G
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You stole my pretty Lisbeth and hid her in the earth	O
And you shall ope the door of glass and let me lead her forth	P
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She will not come she's one of us she's mine the Brown Dwarf said	L
The day is set the cake is baked to morrow we shall wed	L
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The fell fiend fetch thee Deitrich cried and keep thy foul tongue still	Q
Quick open to thy evil world the glass door of the hill	Q
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The Dwarf obeyed and youth and Troll down the long stair way passed	R
And saw in dim and sunless light a country strange and vast	R
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Weird rich and wonderful he saw the elfin under land	S
Its palaces of precious stones its streets of golden sand	S
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He came unto a banquet hall with tables richly spread	L
Where a young maiden served to him the red wine and the bread	L
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How fair she seemed among the Trolls so ugly and so wild	T
Yet pale and very sorrowful like one who never smiled	T
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Her low sweet voice her gold brown hair her tender blue eyes seemed	U
Like something he had seen elsewhere or something he had dreamed	U
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He looked he clasped her in his arms he knew the long lost one	V
O Lisbeth See thy playmate I am the Amptman's son	V
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She leaned her fair head on his breast and through her sobs she spoke	W
Oh take me from this evil place and from the elfin folk	W
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And let me tread the grass green fields and smell the flowers again	J
And feel the soft wind on my cheek and hear the dropping rain	I
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And oh to hear the singing bird the rustling of the tree	D
The lowing cows the bleat of sheep the voices of the sea	D
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And oh upon my father's knee to sit beside the door	B
And hear the bell of vespers ring in Rambin church once more	B
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He kissed her cheek he kissed her lips the Brown Dwarf groaned to see	D
And tore his tangled hair and ground his long teeth angrily	D
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But Deitrich said For five long years this tender Christian maid	C
Has served you in your evil world and well must she be paid	C
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Haste hither bring me precious gems the richest in your store	B
Then when we pass the gate of glass you'll take your cap once more	B
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No choice was left the baffled Troll and murmuring he obeyed	C
And filled the pockets of the youth and apron of the maid	C
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They left the dreadful under land and passed the gate of glass	E
They felt the sunshine's warm caress they trod the soft green grass	E
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And when beneath they saw the Dwarf stretch up to them his brown	X
And crooked claw like fingers they tossed his red cap down	X
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Oh never shone so bright a sun was never sky so blue	Y
As hand in hand they homeward walked the pleasant meadows through	Y
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And never sang the birds so sweet in Rambin's woods before	B
And never washed the waves so soft along the Baltic shore	B
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And when beneath his door yard trees the father met his child	T
The bells rung out their merriest peal the folks with joy ran wild	T

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