Ich gäb' was drum, wenn ich nur wüsst'

MARGARETE (ihre Zöpfe flechtend und aufbindend)
 Ich gäb' was drum, wenn ich nur wüsst',
 Wer heut der Herr gewesen ist!
 Er sah gewiss recht wacker aus,
 Und ist aus einem edlen Haus;
 Das konnt' ich ihm an der Stirne lesen --
 Er wär' auch sonst nicht so keck gewesen.

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Authorship

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Faust, in Der Tragödie erster Teil (Part I) [ author's text verified 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 Carl Debrois van Bruyck (1828 - 1902), "Ich gäb' was drum, wenn ich nur wüsst", published 1900 [voice and piano], from Drei Lieder Gretchens aus Goethe's Faust für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [
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• by Conradin Kreutzer (1780 - 1849), "Abend", 1820, from Gesänge aus Goethe's Faust, no. 11, an edition from 1836 is mentioned by Hofmeister, published Wien, Trentsensky.
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