Jag ville vara tårar, som falla i det tysta, jag ville vara läppar, av ingens läppar kyssta. Gör mina läppar rena, att de må allt förlåta, och låt mig bli till tårar hos dem som ej kan gråta.
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Text Authorship:
- by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Jag ville vara tårar", op. 50 (Sånger till dikter av Erik Blomberg) no. 4 (1924-6) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949), "Jag ville vara tårar", 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Tre sånger, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Norrman (1895 - 1979), "Jag ville vara tårar" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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