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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Ach Elslein, liebes Elslein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ach Elslein, liebes Elslein,
wie gern wär' ich bei dir!
so sind zwei tiefe Wasser,
wohl zwischen dir und mir.

Wil du dich lan abwenden d'rum
weil sind der Wasser zwei,
da doch so mancher stolze Knab'
leid't noch so mancherlei!

Ach, Lieb', mich schreckt alleine
dass ich nicht fahren kann,
und wenn dann bräch' das Schifflein,
müsst' ich bald untergan.

Ach nein, das soll geschehen nit,
ich selb hilf rudern dir,
damit du nur in kurzer Zeit,
Herzlieb, her kommst zu mir!

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked 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 Julius Joseph Maier (1821 - 1889), "Ach Elslein, liebes Elslein", op. 8 (Vier vierstimmige Lieder für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass) no. 2 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Set in a modified version by Johannes Brahms, Johann Diebold, Robert Franz, Ferdinand von Hiller, Eduard Lassen.

  • Go to the text. [ view differences ] CAT DUT ENG FRE

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2024-08-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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