Mütterlein...Ein Nachruf
Der Gedenktag neigt sich gerade zu Ende. Aber mir viel das Lied ein, das meine Brüder und ich unserer Mutter zum Muttertag gesungen haben.
Georg Kreisler
Die letzten 3 Verse
...du glaubst gar, man läßt dich im Stich
Nein, nein! Mütterlein, mach dir nichts draus
Die Länderbank knack ich für dich.
Mütterlein, Mütterlein
Weilst du jetzt auch fern von mir
Weiß ich doch, es wird nicht lange sein-
Eines Tag´s komm ich zu dir!
Kinderlein, Kinderlein, darum sag ich euch heut:
Habt ihr Freundes Geld , versaufet es
Habt ihr Schwesterlein, verkaufet es
Habt ihr Kinderlein, verjaget sie
Habt ihr Ehefrau, erschlaget sie
Doch habt ihr noch ein Müttaaaaaaaalein
Macht ihr recht viel Froooooooooooooid.
Dies schreibt das englischsprachige Wiki:
"Kreisler is considered a master of language. His songs are characterized by black humour and uncompromising criticism of society and politics. This caused him many difficulties and also contributed to appearance prohibitions in radio and television."
Und:
"Despite producing several hundred original songs Kreisler may occasionally have used ideas and material from other artists in his work. His song "Die Hand" shows strong similarities to Tom Lehrer's "I Hold Your Hand in Mine", first recorded by Lehrer in 1953 on the album Songs by Tom Lehrer. Lehrer's recording predates by several years any documented recording or performance of that song by Kreisler as well as Kreisler's return to performance in German-speaking countries in 1955. Kreisler's "Taubenvergiften im Park" (first released as "Frühlingslied") has strong similarities to Lehrer's "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". Kreisler and Lehrer each deny copying from the other; so far no one has succeeded in establishing which song was written first. Kreisler's "Das Mädchen mit den drei blauen Augen" appears to be related to the Abe Burrows song "The Girl with the Three Blue Eyes" (first recording 1950). Kreisler's song "Bidla Buh" (first recorded in the 1950s) appears to be related to the Rodgers and Hart number "To Keep My Love Alive" composed in 1943.
In 1947, he was rejected by the record companies because his songs were "un-American", especially songs with titles such as "Please Shoot Your Husband". In 1955, he returned to Europe, first to Vienna, then Munich in 1958, Berlin in 1976, Salzburg in 1988, Basel in 1992, and back to Salzburg in 2007. He died at the age of 89 in 2011."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZW7M2bBHtA