Willst du mit mir gehn? dort drüben überm Wald wo jene Wölkchen ziehn, weiß ich ein ganzes Tal von Blütenbäumchen blühn -- von weißen, von roten, von Blütenbäumchen blühn . . . dort drüben überm Wald wo jene Wölkchen ziehn -- willst du mit mir gehn? so komm -- doch komm mir bald: wer weiß wie lang sie blühn -- die weißen, die roten -- wer weiß wie lang sie blühn
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Confirmed with Emil Alfred Herrmann, Lieder und Spiele, Jena: Eugen Diederichs, 1911, no page numeration. Appears in Lieder.<.p>
Text Authorship:
- by Emil Alfred Herrmann (1871 - 1957), "Willst du mit mir gehn? ", appears in Lieder und Spiele, in Lieder, first published 1911 [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 Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "Willst du mit mir gehn?", op. 59 no. 4, published 1925 [ high voice and piano ], from Frühling, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erwin Löwenfeld (1882 - 1949), as Erwin Lendvai, "Willst du mit mir gehn?", op. 20 no. 3 [ women's chorus and orchestra ], from Jungbrunnen. Ein Liederkreis in deutscher Art, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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