by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Ikh bin sheyn Mejdel in die Johren
Language: Yiddish (יידיש)
Ikh bin sheyn Mejdel in die Johren, vos hostu mir mayn kopf fardreyt? Ikh volt sheyn lang a kale gevor'n Un efsher take khasene gehat. Du host mir tsugezogt mikh nemen, ikh hob oyf dir lang shoyn gevart; far vos zolstu, dushenyu, mikh farshemen tsi hostu dikh in mir genart?
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- 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 Viktor Ullmann (1898 - 1944), "A Mejdel in die Johren", alternate title: "א מיידל אין די יארן", op. 53 no. 3 (1944) [ voice and piano ], from Brezulinka: [Drei] Jiddische Lieder , no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-27
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