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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Es warb ein schöner Jüngling
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es warb ein schöner Jüngling 
Über [ein]1 breiten See, 
Um [eines Königs Tochter, 
Nach Leid geschah]2 ihm Weh. 

Ach [Elselein, lieber Buhle]3,
Wie gern wär ich bei dir;
[So fließen zwei]4 tiefe Wasser
Wohl zwischen [mir und dir]5.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   W. Lessmann 

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Confirmed with Deutsche Volkslieder mit ihren Original-Weisen, ed. by Andreas Kretzschmer, Berlin, Vereins-Buchhandlung, 1838, page 33. The third of three in an unnamed set. The first is here and the second is here.

1 Lessmann: "einen"
2 Lessmann: "eine Königstochter,/ Nach Liebe war"
3 Lessmann: "Elslein, liebes Elslein"
4 Lessmann: "Nun fließt das"
5 Lessmann: "dir und mir"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title [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 W. J. Otto Lessmann (1844 - 1918), "Es warb ein schöner Jüngling", op. 22 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock; note: the text is misattributed in the score to Mathilde Wesendonck [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

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