by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ich will heyndt schlaffen gehen
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich will heyndt schlaffen gehen Zwölff Engel mit mir gehen Zwen zum Haupten Zwen zum Seitten Zwen zum Füssen Zwen die mich decken Zwen die mich wecken Zwen die mich weisen Zum dem hymlischen Paradeyse Amen
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Collected and quoted by Johann Agricola (1494 - 1566) according to the Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance; confirmed with Sybenhundert und fünfftzig teütscher Sprichwörter, verneüwert und gebessert. Iohan Agricola, Hagenaw [Hagenau]: Peter Braubach, 1534. No. 547 [no pagination]. Note: the spelling varies widely in later editions, e.g., showing "zun" or "zur" or "zu" instead of "zum" in lines 3 to 5.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [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 Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Altdeutsches Lied", op. 24 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Bauer [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2019-03-30
Line count: 10
Word count: 36