by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Greiser Trinker
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Dort seh ich einen grauen Mann mit zittern nach dem Glase greifen. Ach dächt' er doch viel lieber daran, die alten Lüste zu ersäufen! Man nennt den Rebensaft mit Recht die Milch und Nahrung schwacher Greise, vielleicht, weil er die Seele schwächt, daß man sie billig Kinder heisse.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 'J.' )  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681 - 1767), "Greiser Trinker" [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Old drunkards", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Poppy Holden
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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