An die Lützowschen Jäger

Wunderliche Spiessgesellen,
Denkt ihr noch an mich,
Wie wir an der Elbe Wellen
Lagen brüderlich? 

Wie wir in des Spreewalds Hallen,
Schauer in der Brust,
Hell die Hörner liessen schallen
So zu Schreck wie Luft? 

Mancher musste da hinunter
Unter den Rasen grün,
Und der Krieg und Frühling
munter Gingen über ihn. 

Wo wir ruhen, wo wir wohnen:
Jener Waldeshort
Rauscht mit seinen grünen Kronen
Durch mein Leben fort.

Submitted by Thomas Zoller

Authorship

• by Josef Karl Benedikt von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "An die Lützowschen Jäger", appears in Gedichte, in 3. Zeitlieder [ 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 Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "An die Lützowschen Jäger", op. 30 no. 11 (1917) [voice and piano], from Zwölf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 11. [
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