Die Liebe

Wie kommst Du doch, o Liebe, 
Wie kommst Du auf die Welt? 
Du wächsest nicht im Garten, 
Von sä't Dich nicht im Feld.

"Ich werde von selbst geboren,
Das hat gar keine Beschwer,
Und schleiche zwischen den Mädchen
Und jungen Burschen umher."

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Josef Wenzig (1807 - 1876), "Die Liebe", appears in Westslawischer Märchenschatz, first published 1857 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
• Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Die Liebe", op. 62 no. 5, published 1877 [vocal duet for female voices with piano], from Fünf slavische Volkspoesien für 2 Frauenstimmen mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, Forberg [
   text not verified 
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Text added to the website: 2012-03-03 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:49

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