Ich was ein chint so wolgetan (CB 185)

This week I offer you a selection from the original Carmina Burana, “Songs of Beuern.“ PLEASE NOTE: The text of this song is disturbing and may not be appropriate for children. The Carmina Burana are a collection of medieval songs found in the Codex Buranus, which was found in the Benedictine abbey of Benediktbeuern, for which it was named. (currently in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. D-Mbs Clm 4660.) This so-called “love song“ is macaronic, half in Middle High German (medieval German) and half in Lat