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by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887)

Ich lobe mir die Vögelein
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ich lobe mir die Vögelein,
   Die auf den Zweigen springen,
Und um die Wett' tagaus tagein
   Auf's Allerschönste singen.

Sie fliegen hin, sie fliegen her,
   Als wären sie auf Reisen,
Und nimmer fällt es ihnen schwer,
   Ihr lustig Thun zu preisen.

Grüß Gott euch, traute Vögelein,
   Ich bin von eurer Sippe,
Und will ein lustiger Vogel sein
   Wie ihr mit Herz und Lippe.

Will singen frank und frei wie ihr
   Und durch die Felder springen --
Behüt' uns Gott, daß nimmer wir
   Gerathen in arge Schlingen.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Osterwald, Dritte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig: Verlag von F.E.C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander), 1873, page 1.


Text Authorship:

  • by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), title 1: "Der lustige Vogel", title 2: "Ich lobe mir die Vögelein", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 1, first published 1848 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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