Down through the Austrian kingdom
the messenger rode fast;
Soon to the folk on all sides
from mouth to mouth it pass’d,
That coming were the heroes
from Worms beyond the Rhine.
No tidings the king’s lieges
could more to joy incline.
Down through the Austrian kingdom
the messenger rode fast;
Soon to the folk on all sides
from mouth to mouth it pass’d,
That coming were the heroes
from Worms beyond the Rhine.
No tidings the king’s lieges
could more to joy incline.