("I was such a lovely child"—stanzas omitted by Schmeller (1847)*)

He laid his hands on my white flesh,
not without timidity
he said, "I'll make a woman of you;
you have a lovely mouth!"
Hoy and oe!
shame upon the linden trees
that stand beside the road!

He removed my underthings,
my body was exposed,
he broke into my little door
with his upright lance.
Hoy and oe!
shame upon the linden trees
that stand beside the road!

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