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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Flattre, flattre, kleiner Vogel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
  Flattre, flattre, kleiner Vogel, 
Tändle durch des Lebens May.
Sieh, zerbrochen ist dein [Kerker]1, 
Flattre, flattre, du bist frey. 

  Aber horch es lockt im Busche 
Ein verführerischer Ton! 
[Trau ihm nicht, dem süßen Locken]2, 
Flattre, flattre husch davon.

  Siehst du nicht die [bunte]3 Schlinge, 
Wo die rothe Beere hängt?
Flattre, flattre, armer Vogel, 
Eh sie dich Betrognen fängt.

  Hast du sie einmal verschlungen, 
Jene Beere süß und roth;
O dann zappelst du vergebens. 
Deine Schlinge [lößt nur]4 Tod!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Giuliani 

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Confirmed with August von Kotzebue, Der Papagoy. Ein Schauspiel in drey Aufzügen, erster Aufzug, erster Auftritt, Wien: bey Joh. Baptist Wallishauser, [1792], page 3. This folk song also appears in many other collections.

1 Giuliani: "Käfig"
2 Giuliani: "Traue nicht, dem süßen Locker"
3 Giuliani: "falsche"
4 Giuliani: "ist dein"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title [author's text checked 2 times 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 F. C. (Ferdinand Carl) Füchs (1811 - 1848), "Warnung (Fuggi)", op. 14, published 1842 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Diabelli und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mauro Giuseppe Sergio Pantaleo Giuliani (1781 - 1829), "Verderbliche Freiheit", published <<1836, confirmed with Die Volkslieder der Deutschen, ed. by F. K. von Erlach, Mannheim Heinrich Hoff, 1836, song no. 41, page 489 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Nikolaus, Freiherr von Krufft (1779 - 1818), "Lied aus dem Schauspiele Der Papagoy", op. 2 (Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Klaviers), Heft 1 no. 2, published 1803 [ voice and piano ], Wien: Kunst und Industrie Comptoir [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

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