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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Schlafe, mein Kindlein, schlafe in Ruh'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Schlafe, mein Kindlein, schlafe in Ruh',
rauschen's die Bäume doch draußen dir zu,
Abendwind flüstert es leise und lind:
Schlafe, o schlafe, du liebliches Kind!

Schlafe, die Mutter wacht, was braucht es  mehr,
und ihre Liebe schwebt treu um dich her.
Mutteraug' schließt sich nicht, eh' du zur Ruh',
schlafe d'rum, Kindlein, schlaf, Liebchen, nur zu!

Einst braust der Sturmwind wohl über dein Haupt,
wenn dir die Mutter längst, längst schon geraubt.
Schlafe d'rum, Herzchen, schlafe noch heut',
bald ist entschwunden die selige Zeit!

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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 Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Wiegenlied", op. 51 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1846 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Carl) August Fischer (1828 - 1892), "Wiegenlied", op. 6 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Annecke [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Hirschberg , "Schlafe, mein Kindlein", op. 13, published 1885 [ soprano and piano ], Breslau, Hientzsch (Dinger) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Schlafe, mein Kindlein ", op. 23 (Drei Wiegenlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt  [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Wiegenlied", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Cassel, Luckhardt [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Speidel (1826 - 1899), "Wiegenlied", op. 98 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Ludwigsburg, Ebner [sung text not yet checked]

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