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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

... es kamen schwarze Vögel
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es war ein roter Mann, 
der fällte einen roten Baum 
und baute eine rote Kirche.

Der Pfarrer war auch rot, 
auch die Leute waren rot

und schaufelten schwarze Haufen 
und droschen schwarze Hirse 
und es kamen schwarze Vögel 
und trieben sie mit schwarzen Peitschen an

schwarzer Wind wehte

und er schlug einen grauen Weg ein.

Fragment form an East-European text

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 Adriana Hölszky (b. 1953), "... es kamen schwarze Vögel", 1978, first performed 1978 [ 2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, 2 altos and percussion ], Wiesbaden : Breitkopf und Härtel
        Publisher: Breitkopf und Härtel [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-04-19
Line count: 11
Word count: 55

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