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by Theobald Kerner (1817 - 1907)

Unser Nachtwächter ist ein seltsamer...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Unser Nachtwächter ist ein seltsamer Mann,
Er schreit durch die Gassen so laut er nur kann:
   "Bewahre uns, Herr Jesu Christ,
   Der helle Tag erstanden ist!
   Wohl um die vier Uhr!"

Doch in der Vorstadt am letzten Haus,
Da geht ihm auf einmal die [Rede]1 aus,
Er klopft an's Fenster und flüstert sacht:
   "Zwei Stunden noch bleibt's sinkende Nacht,
   Oeffne mir, Schatzerl!"

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Evers 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Theobald Kerner, Stuttgart: Hallberger’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1852, page 140, under the title "Nachtwächterlaune". Another edition has the title "Der Nachtwächter"

1 Evers: "Stimme"

Text Authorship:

  • by Theobald Kerner (1817 - 1907), title 1: "Nachtwächterlaune", title 2: "Der Nachtwächter" [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 Evers (1819 - 1875), "Der Nachtwächter", op. 41 (6 Gedichte von Theobald Kerner) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-07
Line count: 10
Word count: 63

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