Hubert von Goisern - Koa Hiatamadl mog i net - to English please

Had to know this was coming

Hubert von Goisern - Koa Hiatamadl mog i net
Great song! here is a link if you want to listen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UjOsfRiS4Q

Ja mei, ja mei
wenn in mir um a Diandl schau
dann woaß i scho genau
rund muaß sei
und a wengerl resch
u mei

Mei, ja mei
de meist'n Menscha ham a Gstell
zaundürr und mager wiadawüll
Mei, ja mei
A solch oane de kunnt's nia sei

Koa Hiatamadl mag i nit
hat koane dickn Wadln nit
i mag a Diandl aus da Stadt
was dicke Wadln hat.

Mei, ja mei
die Moni mit de rot'n Hoar
is schena nu wia voriges Jahr
Hat a gradnit wenig auf da Waag

Mei - u mei
de Annamiarl kenn i schon
da renn i liaba glei davon
is nix dran
hint'n und voran

Koa Hiatamadl mag i nit
hat koane dickn Wadln nit
i mag a Diandl aus da Stadt
was dicke Wadln hat.

Schen san de Landertanz
schen san de Almenkranz
drob'n auf'n Huat
baid's schen quigizen tuat.

Had to know this was coming

LOL... I was expecting it and I was already thinking of it, if I can do a good translation. Lets try. Some of the words a little bit tough and direct talking I cannot give a 100% translationa but I can give you the meaning of it

Hubert von Goisern - Koa Hiatamadl mog i net
I don´t like to have a girl from an alpine hut


Ja mei, ja mei
wenn in mir um a Diandl schau
dann woaß i scho genau
rund muaß sei
und a wengerl resch
u mei

Oh my, oh my
when I go for finding a girl
then I am for sure
she has to be round (that means very feminin figure)
and a littlie bit sexy
oh my

Mei, ja mei
de meist'n Menscha ham a Gstell
zaundürr und mager wiadawüll
Mei, ja mei
A solch oane de kunnt's nia sei

My, oh my
most of the people have a figure
very skinny and scraggy (thin)
my, oh my,
I don´t want such a girl


Koa Hiatamadl mag i nit
hat koane dickn Wadln nit
i mag a Diandl aus da Stadt
was dicke Wadln hat.

THIS IS THE REFRAIN
I do not like a girl form an alpine hut
as she has not big calfs (leg)
I loke a girl from the town
who has big calfs


Mei, ja mei
die Moni mit de rot'n Hoar
is schena nu wia voriges Jahr
Hat a gradnit wenig auf da Waag

My, oh my
Moni with her red hair
is much more beautiful then lase year
and has a lot to give when she stands on the scale


Mei - u mei
de Annamiarl kenn i schon
da renn i liaba glei davon
is nix dran
hint'n und voran

My, oh my
I already know Annamiarl (Annamiarl is a short form of Anne-Marie)
I better run and hide
she has nothing
neither in the front nor on her back side

Koa Hiatamadl mag i nit
hat koane dickn Wadln nit
i mag a Diandl aus da Stadt
was dicke Wadln hat.

Schen san de Landertanz
schen san de Almenkranz
drob'n auf'n Huat
baid's schen quigizen tuat.

Nice is the .....? Dance
nice is the alpine chain (?)
up at the alpine huts
as it....... very nicely




OK, the last phrase I didn´t understand. And I am not sure was an ALMENKRANZ is. (FLower? folkloristic hair dress ?)

Cows, calves and sheeps usually live in th alps in very high places from April till october. So can have the best grasses and herbs for their mil. During this time a girl used to live there in a hut and she took care about the animals. A dairymaid. And the song is about thait he dosnßt like to have a dairymaid.

Hello Tahira

Thanks for the song and the translation and the additional information. Its great and I love it. I haven't taken time to look at his other songs yet but if they are at all like this one I'm sure I will love them.


Talk to you later, Macbard

Hi Macbard,
during the night I was thinking of
if HIATAMADL means a girl from the hut (Hütte) or shepherds girls (Hirtenmädchen).
I am not sure, but it´s almost the same. Looking for the animals, to get good milk for making cheese, butter etc...

Now I know a little bit more:

Hiatamadl definetelly means Shepherds girl

Almenkranz is some flowers and berbalds bound together with which are the cows and sheeps are decorated when they go up to the alpine hut or come donw in the autums. Usually the "down comping" in the autums is always accompanied with a festival (singing, dancing, church etc).

Landertanz I guess there is a typing mistake and should be Landlertanz, this is a traditional folcloric dance; something like that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiRRHAfbuCU
costume and rhythm depend on the region

and this is what it looks liek when the animals come downhill http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHBqyXHXx_c

Hi Tahira

Thanks for the new links. Its interesting to learn about different parts of the world and some of what life is like there. I was looking around for other songs by Hubert von Goisern and found some I like but haven''t searched for lyrics for all of them yet. It is interesting to take a trip through Youtube from one song to another and see what you come up with. Thanks again for all the videos you have pointed me to and the additional background for the songs. I find it fascinating. Oh yeah, thanks for looking over the Michelle song too. I guess that one line was just to bring to mind a certain image.

Talk to you later, Macbard