by Richard Hutter (flourished c1940)
Die Möwen sehen den Stacheldraht
Language: German (Deutsch)
Die Möwen sehen den Stacheldraht, Den man in Douglas errichtet hat, Und weil kein Draht hier früher war, Ist ihnen der Zweck des Drahtes nicht klar. Sie debattieren mit viel Geschrei, Was wohl der Sinn des Drahtes sei, Und kommen zu keinem Resultat. Warum lebt der Mensch hinter Stacheldraht?
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Text Authorship:
- by Richard Hutter (flourished c1940), "Der Song vom Stacheldraht" [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 Hans Gál (1890 - 1987), "Barbed Wire Song", 1940, first performed 1940 [ medium voice(s), flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano ], from musical What a Life! - Music to the bilingual internment camp revue, Douglas, Isle of Man, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Hans Gál) , "The barbed-wire song", written 1940, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Eva Fox-Gal
This text was added to the website: 2018-05-22
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