| Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet BWV 212 | |
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| Secular cantata by J. S. Bach | |
| Other name | Peasant Cantata |
| Occasion | Birthday of Carl Heinrich von Dieskau |
| Text | by Picander |
| Performed | 30 August 1742 |
Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet (We have a new governor), BWV 212, is a secular cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach. It was entitled the "Cantate burlesque" (burlesque cantata) by Bach himself, but is now popularly known as the Peasant Cantata. It is the last definitely dated Bach cantata.