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by Christian Friedrich Scherenberg (1798 - 1881)

Wenn sie kommen und mich graben
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn sie kommen und mich graben, 
Lieben Freunde, in mein Grab hinein, 
Will nicht schöne Blumen haben, 
Goldschrift nicht und kalten Stein.  

Nur recht tief laßt mich begraben, 
Hört ihr?  Nur recht tief hinein: 
Tief, da soll man Ruhe haben  --  
Und ich möcht' mal ruhig sein!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Chr. Friedrich Scherenberg, Berlin: Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, 1845, page 25.


Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Friedrich Scherenberg (1798 - 1881), "Mein Grab" [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 Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Wenn sie kommen und mich graben", op. 18 no. 6, published 1857 [ low voice and piano ], from Herbstklänge. Sieben Lieder für tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte, no. 6, Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-08-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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