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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Der Tom griff einst zum Wanderstab
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Tom griff einst zum Wanderstab.
"Mir fehlet Gut, mir fehlet Hab'!"
So sprach er zu der jungen Maid,
die er so gerne hätt' gefreit ...
Der arme Tom!

Der Tom sprach: "Lass das Weinen sein!
Komm' ich zurück, will ich dich frei'n!
Ich hol' mir aus der weiten Welt
erst Hab' und Gut und Gold und Geld!"
Der arme Tom!

Der Tom war fort schon lange Zeit,
es harrte sein die arme Maid.
Sie wusste nicht, dass ihn sein Stab
zur ew'gen Ruh' geführet hab' ...
Der arme Tom!

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Der Tom griff einst zum Wanderstab", op. 70 no. 3, published 1894 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from [Acht] Lieder und Duette aus der komischen Oper "Schach dem König", no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-04-13
Line count: 15
Word count: 88

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