The Peasant

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Basel's dance of death, The peasant  
 
Todt zum Bawren:
Du hast g'habt dem Tag Arbeit groß,
Früh und spathe ohn unterloß,
Dein Bürde wil ich dir abheben,
Korb, Flegel, Dägen thu mir geben.		 Death to The Peasant
You have had great daily work,
early and late without cease.
Your burden I will take from you.
Give me basket, flail and sword.
 
Der Bawr:
O Grimmer Todt gib mir mein Hut,
Mein Arbeit mir nicht mehr weh thut,
Die ich mein Tag je hab gethan,
Was zeihst mich armen alten Mann.		 The Peasant.
Oh ugly Death, give me my hat.
My work doesn't pain me anymore,
the [work] that I have done every day.
Why are you dragging me poor, old man?

Basel: Peasant
Fragment of original

At the museum in Basel there's still a fragment of the peasant (picture to the right).

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