De Spree de is kam

De Spree de is kam,
Singt lusti vun babn,
Kumt ok wul de Hadbar,
Kumt ok wul dat Fröhjahr
Un all wat der singt,
Wat Summer uns bringt.

De Winter is hin
As Snee anne Sünn,
As Kummer an Morgen,
As Klagen un Sorgen
Un Gram œwer Nacht,
Wennt Hart wedder lacht.

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Authorship

• by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Dünjens [ author's text checked 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 Fritz Becker (1839 - 1903), "De Spree is kam", op. 2 no. 3, published 1866 [voice and piano], from Fünf Lieder aus Klaus Groths Quickborn für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 3, Hamburg : Aug. Cranz [ sung text not verified ]

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