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Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Es ist gewißlich wahr, Es spukt in deiner Kammer, Ich hörte es ganz klar. Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Das war im Stroh die Maus, Wir woll'n den Besen nehmen Und jagen sie hinaus. Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Die Maus die war es nicht, Es trug ja einen Schnurrbart In seinem Angesicht. Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Der Kater wird es sein, Wir woll'n die Tür verriegeln, Dann kann er nicht herein. Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Es war kein Katertier, Es kam ja durch das Fenster Und flüsterte mit dir. Ach Schwester, liebe Schwester, Laß doch das Fragen sein, Es spukt vielleicht auch nächstens In deinem Kämmerlein.
Confirmed with Hermann Löns, Die wichtigsten Werke von Hermann Löns, Musaicum/OK Publishing, 2017, https://tinyurl.com/lonsderspuk.
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914), "Der Spuk" [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Der Spuk", <<1944, published 1966 [ medium voice and piano ], from Laulua Hermann Lönsin runoihin = Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Löns, no. 6, Helsinki: Edition Fazer [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kummitus", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 109
Voi sisko-kulta, se on ihan totta, sinun kamarissasi kummittelee, minä kuulin sen ihan selvään. ”Voi sisko-kulta, se oli vain hiiri olkien seassa, otetaan luuta ja ajetaan se pois.” Voi sisko-kulta, sisko-kulta, ei se mikään hiiri ollut, sillähän oli viikset kasvoissaan. ”Voi sisko-kulta, sisko-kulta, kai se sitten oli kissa, pannaan ovi salpaan, ettei se pääse sisään.” Voi sisko-kulta, sisko-kulta ei se mikään kissa ollut, sehän tuli sisään ikkunasta ja kuiskutteli sinun kanssasi. ”Voi sisko-kulta, sisko-kulta, älä kysele niin paljon, aikanaan taitaa kummitella sinunkin kamarissasi.”
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2019 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914), "Der Spuk"
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-24
Line count: 24
Word count: 83