Wenn du bey meyn Schätzchen kommst, Sag: ych lyess sie grussen; Wenn sye fraget: wye's myr geet? Sag: uff beyden Fussen. Wenn sye fraget: ob ych kranck? Sag: ych sey gestorben. Wenn sye an zu weynen fangt, Sag: ych keme morgen.
Confirmed with Eyn feyner kleyner Almanach, zweyter Jahrgang, folk songs collected and edited by Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin und Stettin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1778, page 106. Song no. 22.
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- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Eyn Lyd an eyn'n Botten" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation ; composed by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner.
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Wann du zu mein'm Schätzel kommst, sag', ich laß sie grüßen; wann sie fraget, wie mir's geht? sag: auf beiden Füßen. Wann sie fraget, ob ich krank? sag: ich sei gestorben. Wenn sie an zu weinen fangt, sag: ich käme morgen.
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- a text in Unknown Language from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Eyn Lyd an eyn'n Botten"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "An einen Boten", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-13
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