Lyrics
The original incipit attested in the earliest Breitkopf catalogue consisted only of the words "Leck mich im Arsch". The text rediscovered in 1991 consists only of the repeated phrases:
"Leck mich im Arsch" (MIDI file, 9 KB, 2:16) |
Leck mich im A… g'schwindi, g'schwindi!
Leck im A... mich g'schwindi.
Leck mich, leck mich,
g'schwindi
etc. etc. etc.
(where 'A...' obviously stands for 'Arsch'; 'g'schwindi' means 'quickly').
The bowdlerized text of the early printed editions reads:
Laßt uns froh sein! |
Let us be glad! |
Another semi-bowdlerized adaptation is found in the recordings of The Complete Mozart edition by Brilliant:
Leck mich im Arsch! |
Kiss my arse! |
This is a clear allusion to the line
... er kann mich im Arsche lecken!attributed to the late medieval German knight Götz von Berlichingen, known best as the title hero of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's drama.
This version contains a slight error about the Goethe source: the line occurs in the third act.
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