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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Wenn du bey meyn Schätzchen kommst
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn du bey meyn Schätzchen kommst, 
Sag:  ych lyess  sie  grussen; 
Wenn sye fraget:  wye's myr geet? 
Sag:  uff beyden Fussen. 

Wenn sye fraget: ob ych kranck? 
Sag:  ych sey gestorben. 
Wenn sye an zu weynen fangt, 
Sag:  ych keme morgen. 

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   T. Kirchner 

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Confirmed with Eyn feyner kleyner Almanach, zweyter Jahrgang, folk songs collected and edited by Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin und Stettin: Friedrich Nicolai, 1778, page 106. Song no. 22.

Modernized form of text as set by Kirchner:

Wann du zu mein'm Schätzel kommst,
sag', ich laß sie grüßen;
wann sie fraget, wie mir's geht?
sag: auf beiden Füßen.
 
Wann sie fraget, ob ich krank?
sag: ich sei gestorben.
Wenn sie an zu weinen fangt,
sag: ich käme morgen.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Eyn Lyd an eyn'n Botten" [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 Theodor Fürchtegott Kirchner (1823 - 1903), "An einen Boten", op. 81 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1887 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Harry Joelson , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2020-09-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 41

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