Der neue Rattenfänger

Juchheisa! und ich führ den Zug
Hopp über Feld und Graben.
Des alten Plunders ist genug,
Wir wollen neuen haben.

Was! wir gering? Ihr vornehm, reich?
Planierend schwirrt die Schere,
Seid Lumps wie wir, so sind wir gleich,
Hübsch breit wird die Misere!

Das alte Lied, das spiel ich neu,
Da tanzen alle Leute,
Das ist die Vaterländerei,
O Herr, mach uns gescheute!

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Der neue Rattenfänger", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Der neue Rattenfänger", op. 49 no. 3 (1933) [baritone, men's chorus, and chamber orchestra], from Kantate. Nach Gedichten von Eichendorff, no. 3. [
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