TESTO DEL LIED

"The wonder of wonders"
di Volkslieder (Folksongs)

I saw a peacock with a fiery tail,
I saw a blazing comet drop down hail,
I saw a cloud with ivy curled around,
I saw a sturdy oak creep on the ground,
I saw a pismire swallow up a whale,
I saw a raging sea brim full of ale!
I saw a Venice glass sixteen foot deep,
I saw a well full of mens' tears that weep,
I saw their eyes all in a flame of fire,
I saw a horse high as the moon and higher,
I saw the sun at twelve o'clock at night,
I saw the man, I saw the man who saw this wondrous sight!