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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Was möchtest du nicht?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich möcht vor tausend Thaler nicht,
Daß mir der Kopf ab wär,
Da spräng ich mit dem Rumpf herum,
Und wüßt nicht, wo ich wär,
Die Leut schrien all und blieben stehn:
Ei guck einmal den! Ei guck einmal den!

Confirmed with Des Knaben Wunderhorn. Alte deutsche Lieder gesammelt von Achim v. Arnim u. Clemens Brentano, Neue Ausgabe, Dritter Band, Berlin: Expedition des. v. Arnimschen Verlags, 1846, page 437.


Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Was möchtest du nicht?", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Was möchtest du nicht?", 1929 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "What would you not like?", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 40

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