LiederNet logo

CONTENTS

×
  • Home | Introduction
  • Composers (20,133)
  • Text Authors (19,544)
  • Go to a Random Text
  • What’s New
  • A Small Tour
  • FAQ & Links
  • Donors
  • DONATE

UTILITIES

  • Search Everything
  • Search by Surname
  • Search by Title or First Line
  • Search by Year
  • Search by Collection

CREDITS

  • Emily Ezust
  • Contributors (1,114)
  • Contact Information
  • Bibliography

  • Copyright Statement
  • Privacy Policy

Follow us on Facebook

possibly by Adolf Frey (1855 - 1920)

Tanzlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Fasset die Lanze 
Zum blutigen Tanze!  
Lasset uns fahren 
Zum Streite zuhauf! 
Grad in die Schaaren 
Richtet den Lauf! 
Heisa, wir springen so schnelle, 
Und der Tod, der bleiche Geselle, 
Springt uns vorauf!  

Schwinget die Lanze 
Im blutigen Tanze! 
Schlaget die Schilde 
Den Feinden entzwei! 
Das ist die wilde 
Kriegstanzmelodei! 
Pfeifende Kugeln sie sausen, 
Gellende Hörner erbrausen 
Durch das Geschrei!  

Schwinget die Lanze 
Im blutigen Tanze! 
Sinkt auch manch einer 
Im Sturme dahin, 
Bejammert ihn keiner 
Mit weibischem Sinn!  
Heisa, wir Freiharstgesellen 
Schlingen laut jauchzend den schnellen 
Reigen dahin!  

Confirmed with Adolf Frey, Gedichte, Leipzig: H. Haessel, 1886. Appears in Lieder eines Freiharstsbuben, pages 175 - 176.


Text Authorship:

  • possibly by Adolf Frey (1855 - 1920), "Tanzlied", appears in Gedichte, in Lieder eines Freiharstbuben 1476 [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 Karl Munzinger (1842 - 1911), "Tanzlied", published 1898 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], from Die Freiharstbuben. Ein Liederkreis, no. 8, Leipzig, Gebrüder Hug & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-11-17
Line count: 27
Word count: 89

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project by Emily Ezust, who has been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your help is greatly appreciated!
–Emily Ezust, Founder

Donate

We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.

I acknowledge the use of cookies

Contact
Copyright
Privacy

Copyright © 2025 The LiederNet Archive

Site redesign by Shawn Thuris