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Did a bit of research and found that the german version is based on an American version of the 50's by the Weavers: "Kisses sweeter than wine" which was adapted from Lead Belly's "If It Wasn't for Dicky" (1937), who was supposed to have learnt it from an Irish friend which called it "black cow" and was about a farmer that was sad because his cow had died. I also found that such tune is indeed related to the traditional Irish folk tune "An droimfhionn donn dilís" from last century.

It is amazing how good music travels through the ages. Bent's version is just the last iteration of this brilliant tune. The german lyrics just make it lovely....