«Wir haben dir Klatsch auf Geklatsche...

Das Publikum
 «Wir haben dir Klatsch auf Geklatsche gemacht,
 Wie schief!
 Und haben dich schnell in die Patsche gebracht,
 Wie tief!
 Wir lachen dich aus,
 Nun hilf dir heraus!
 Ade.»

Herr Ego
 Und red ich dagegen, so wird nur der Klatsch
 Verschlimmert;
 Mein liebliches Leben im nichtigen Patsch
 Verkümmert.
 Schon bin ich heraus;
 Ich mach mir nichts draus. Ade.

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Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Zahme Xenien, no. 7 [ 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 Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Das Publikum und Herr Ego", op. 55 (Neun Lieder nach Gedichten von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) no. 9 (1911). [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Aus den Zahmen Xenien", op. 47 no. 4, published 1927, stanza 1 [chorus a cappella], from Vier a-capella-Chöre nach Texten von Goethe, no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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