Sommerlust im Walde

Einstmals ging ich spazieren 
durch einen grünen Wald,
da hört' ich jubilieren 
die Vöglein jung und alt,
doch tät mir wohl gefallen 
die Nachtigall vor allen.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!

Ob auch all' Vöglein sungen 
gar lieblich mit Stimmen all',
das weit es hat erklungen
wohl über Berg und Tal,
doch tät mir wohl gefallen 
die Nachtigall vor allen.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!

Translation(s): ENG

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Submitted by Virginia Knight

Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [ 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 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Sommerlust im Walde", op. 71 no. 1, published 1897 [mixed chorus], from Sieben Lieder für gemischten Chor, no. 1, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen Verlag [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Summer's joy in the forest", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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