The Black Forest (German: Schwarzwald, pronounced [ˈʃvaʁt͡svald]) is a wooded mountain range in Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. It is bordered by the Rhine valley to the west and south. The highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of 1,493 metres (4,898 ft). The region is almost rectangular with a length of 200 km (120 mi) and breadth of 60 km (37 mi). Hence it has an area of approximately 12,000 km2 (4,600 sq mi).[citation needed] The name Schwarzwald, i.e. Black Forest, goes back to the Romans who referred to the thickly forested mountains there as Silva Nigra[citation needed], i.e. "Black Forest," because the dense growth of conifers in the forest blocked out most of the light inside the forest.
The Black Forest consists of a cover of sandstone on top of a core of gneiss and granites. Formerly it shared tectonic evolution with the nearby Vosges Mountains. Later during the Middle Eocene a rifting period affected the area and caused formation of the Rhine graben. During the last glacial period of the Würm glaciation, the Black Forest was covered by glaciers; several tarns (or lakes) such as the Mummelsee are remains of this period.
Horst Jankowski (January 30, 1936 – June 29, 1998) was a classically trained German pianist, most famous for his internationally successful easy listening music.
Born in Berlin, Jankowski studied at the Berlin Music Conservatory and played jazz in Germany in the 1950s, serving as bandleader for singer Caterina Valente. Jankowski's fame as a composer of easy listening pop peaked in 1965 with his tune "Eine Schwarzwaldfahrt", released in English as "A Walk in the Black Forest". The tune became a pop hit, reaching #1 on the US easy listening chart, #12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #3 on the UK Singles Chart. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. The track was featured on the BBC's review of the 1960s music scene, Pop Go The Sixties, broadcast on BBC One and ZDF, on January 1, 1970. The Genius of Jankowski album, released in 1965, was also a million seller.
The instrumental tune was covered by many artists including Herb Alpert and Peter Nero.
Jankowski went on to score a string of successful albums, but moved on in the 1970s to concentrate more on jazz, including covers of pop and rock hits. Between 1989 and 1994 Jankowski composed and performed easy listening music for Sonoton, Germany.
Grass fought through the snow.
Just like the rest, it grew to
grow. And somewhere, on some
doorstep, a few curious knocks
filled an empty house.
I left a note, and I hope you found
it my old friend.
Alone I headed through with all I
ever had an all I knew. And as I
walked along, the wind through the
leaves in the tress built like a song.
And I like to sing, so I sang along.
Banging on a kettle drum an army's
gone a war was won, and we could
talk for hours or even not at all.
Once I ached for something,
something good and whole and true
and all my own. Didn't I tell you, if
I could find it, I'd leave a note?
I left a note.
Chorus
I don't like the jungle
I like the forest
Take me to the forest
FOREST OF THE NIGHT
I don't like the wetlands
I like the forest
Take me to the forest
FOREST OF THE NIGHT
BLACK FOREST
BLACK FOREST
BLACK FOREST
FOREST OF THE NIGHT
I don't like the cocaine
I like the forest
Take me to the forest
FOREST OF THE NIGHT
I don't like the whiskey
I like the forest
Take me to the forest
FOREST OF THE NIGHT
BLACK FOREST
BLACK FOREST
BLACK FOREST
God of evil of the clustering hell
If I fade as I grave
I talked to myself for the ultimate
God fall in your command
On the direction?
The lord will ever believe me
Several oppression
Make me prickless?
I command the fortness of darkness
Bring the eternal power on me
On the direction?
The lord will ever believe me
Several oppression
Path to hell regreised now
I walk in the darker forest
We live and regret an pounding the doom
Abounding it self from the goal?
Why realise
The life of the hidden
Within disguise
They choose what they're given
Come what may
They hear you say
You don't love me
Here in the breeze
I embrace you in vision
So full of grace
You renounce indecision
And ll of me
I would give to thee
But you don't love me
Black forest
Silver tree
There you smile
And deliver with ease
The words that break me
Down so low
I'm waiting there
I watch you go
Illumination
I fail to see
Imagination
Your love for me
Come chase relief
From eternal grief
So you see
It comes as no surprise to me
That you don't
You don't love me
You don't love me