Was ich hatte, was ich habe

Was ich hatte, was ich habe, 
Es ist alles Tand,
Und zuletzt im engen Grabe
Deckt es leichter Sand. 

Was ich hatte, was ich habe,
Ist mein innig Glück,
Dankbar froh seh' ich am Grabe
Noch darauf zurück. 

Was ich hatte, was ich habe,
Nehmt mir nichts davon,
Lieb' und Leib ist bis zum Grabe 
Menschen Loos und Lohn.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gedichte von Ludwig Giesebrecht, Leipzig: Verlag von Emil Güntz, 1836, page 6.

Authorship

• by (Heinrich) Ludwig Theodor Giesebrecht (1792 - 1873), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 1. Buch des Dichters, no. 8 [ 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 Theodor Gaugler (1840 - 1892), "Lieb' und Leid", op. 23 no. 27, published 1876 [women's chorus or boys' chorus], from Sammlung drei- und vierstimmigen Lieder für Frauenchor (Mädchen- oder ungebrochene Knabenstimme) z. Gebr. in Schule und Verein, no. 27, Binningen, (Kompfe) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Karl Amandus Wilhelm Hässler (1849 - 1914), "Lieb und Leid", op. 3, published 1873 [voice and piano], Hamburg, Benjamin [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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