HIM, I freakin LOVE that song. Very dramatic, but completely funny when you realize what the rest of the cantata are actually about. My College choir did the whole cantata and this one gave me goosebumps. :) While the swan one (Olim lacus colueram) was the funniest.
if you haven't heard it.....
Quote:
Once I had dwelt on lakes, once I had been beautiful, when I was a swan. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
The cook turns me back and forth; I am roasted to a turn on my pyre; now the waiter serves me. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
Now I lie on the dish, and I cannot fly; I see the gnashing teeth. Poor wretch! Now black and well roasted!
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