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Lueget, von Bergen und Tal

Lueget, von Bergen und Tal
Flieht scho der Sunnestrahl!
Lueget, uf Auen und Matte
Wachse die dunkele Schatte;
D Sunn uf de Berge no stoht.
O, wie si d Gletscher so rot!

Lueget do aben a See!
Heimetzue wendet si’s Veh;
Loset, wie d Glogge, di schöne,
Fründlig im Moos is ertöne.
Chüjerglüt, üseri Lust,
Tuest is so wohl i der Brust!


This is one of the few songs whose composer’s name we know: Jos. Anton Henne (1798-1870), teacher at the Institute of Hofwil, where much later my own father would go to school. It is an evening song, marvelling at the beauty of the landscape at the end of the day.