There are several English versions written for the old Irish air “Eileen Aroon,” all having =“Robin Adair”= as the refrain. The German version by some unknown poet of the first quarter of the present century, possesses all the charming simplicity and dramatic directness of the {„Volkslied“} of earlier times. Though adapted to the same air and with the same refrain, its contents are altogether original.--Of the different English versions, the following comes nearest the German wording, and may therefore be used in translating: Come to my heart again, Robin Adair! Never to part again, Robin Adair! And if you still are true, I will be constant, too, And will wed none but you, Robin Adair! 19-2. {=doch=}. Cf. Page 10, Note 11. 19-3. {=„Ännchen von Tharau,“=} a popular song by Simon Dach, a native of East Prussia (1605-1659), made known to English readers through Longfellow’s translation: „_Annie of Tharaw_.“ 19-4. {=schlahn=} and (in the following verse) {=stahn=} (Sambian, i.e. East Prussian dialect) for {schlagen} and {stehen}. =Page 20.=--20-1. {=Verkno´tigung=}.--Longfellow renders the fifth strophe: Oppression and sickness and sorrow and pain, Shall be to our true love as _links to the chain_. 20-2. {=die Hitsche=}, “foot-stool,” (students’ slang) for {das Katheder}, _professor’s chair_ or _desk_. 20-3. {=er=}, refers to {Ausdruck}. 20-4. {=das Volkslied=} (sing., collectively), for pl., {„Volkslieder“.} 20-5. {=hier=}, i.e. in the Alpine districts of Bavaria, Austria, and Tyrol whose people, old and young, for ages have been noted for their remarkable skill of giving vent, extempore, to their feelings in the form of {„Schna´derhüpfel“} (lit., reapers [= country-people’s] dancing-songs) or “Tyrolese ditties.” They have all the same rhythm, are sung to the accompaniment of the cithern, the favorite musical instrument of the mountaineers, and recite in verse, more or less rude, the interests of mountain-life, such as the adventures of lovers, and the mysteries of fairyland, etc. 20-6. {=singt’s!=} (Alpine dialect) = {singt!}--{=einmal=} (indef., persuasivly), _just sing! won’t you?_ 20-7. {=einen Steirer=}, _a Styrian country-dance_--a musical recitative accompanied by the cithern and set to a tune sufficiently rhythmical to act as one of the original purposes of a ballad, namely a dance tune. 20-8. {=zahlt=}, here = {muß zahlen} or {hat zu zahlen}. 20-9. {=einen Zwanziger Münz=}, _a 20-kreutzer-piece_ (also called {ein Kopfstück}), equal to 10 American cents, trans. _a dime_. 20-10. Dialect. = {„das würde schon ganz recht} (or {gut}) {sein.“} 20-11. {=wie es Euch ums Herz=} (or {zu Mut}) {=ist=}, cf. Page 4, Note 2.