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by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)

Johanne
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
En Fillehytte var dit Bo,
dit Udstyr var kun ringe
ej Får, ej Svin, ej Hest, ej Ko,
du magted med at bringe;
du boed højt på Fjeldets Rund,
du stod kun lavt, så sagde hun,
din stoute Rivalinde.
Du bar fra Fjeldet ned til ham
din Kjærlighed og så den Skam;
som Godtfolk kunde finde.

En fuglerede var dit Bo,
din Medgift der du lagde:
det var ej Kalv, det var ej Ko,
men efter hvad man sagde
det var en Jenteunge rund,
en dejlig Glut så frisk og sund,
som Nogen kunde finde,
hun kom med Sol, hun kom ved ham,
hun kom fra Gud, er det en Skam,
for nogen jordfødt Kvinde.

Velsignet du, som gik til ham
og gav ham, hvad du ejed;
som Bygdehån og Jenteskam
på Hjertets Vægtskål vejed
og fandt, at Skålen vipped op
imod den Hytte, på hvis Top
den gule Græstørv luer;
Velsignet du, hvis Smil er bredt,
hvis Sjæl er ren og Hjertet hedt
mer end hos mange Fruer.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Johanne" [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Johanne", op. 44 ("Reiseminder fra Fjeld og Fjord" af Holger Drachmann) no. 2 (1886), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-20
Line count: 30
Word count: 169

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