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by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868)

Es war ein Ritter ohne Furcht
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein Ritter ohne Furcht,
   Ein Ritter ohne Tadel;
Sein Arm von Kraft, sein Schwert von Stahl,
   Sein Herz von Edel und Adel.

Hüte dich! hüte dich, Jungfräulein!
Das muß ein gefährlicher Ritter sein!

Und wo er ging, und wo er stand,
   Blieb still kein Schleier hangen;
Sie sah'n ihm zu, sie sah'n ihm nach,
   Sie sah'n mit bangem Verlangen.

Hüte dich! hüte dich, Jungfräulein!
Das muß ein gefährlicher Ritter sein!

Der Ritter sprach: "Mein Arm! mein Schwert!
   Dem Kaiser weih' ich's immer!
Es starb die Maid, die ich geliebt,
   Eine Andre liebe ich nimmer!"

Schaurige, traurige Liebespein!
O selig! o fröhlich! geliebt zu sein!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Carl Siebel (1836 - 1868), "Der treue Ritter" [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 (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Hüte dich! hüte dich! Jungfräulein", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel; note: this is given as opus 4 in Challier, but opus 1 in Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Der treue Ritter", op. 189 (Sechs Lieder von Carl Siebel) no. 4, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-03
Line count: 18
Word count: 106

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