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Albumblätter. Gemischte Chöre

by Alfred Honndorf (1870 - 1919)

4. Wenn der Vogel naschen will  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Amsel in dem schwarzen Kleid
Treff' ich hier dich wieder?
O wie gern zur Maienzeit
Hört' ich deine Lieder!
Und nun [sitzt du stumm und still]1
In den Rebenschlingen. --
"Wenn der Vogel naschen will,
Pflegt er nicht zu singen."

Heda, Geigerlein, wohin?
Ei, was muss ich sehen!
Um das Haus der Winzerin
Schleichst du auf den Zehen.
Nimm hervor [das]2 Saitenspiel,
Lass ein Stücklein klingen!
"Wenn der Vogel naschen will,
Pflegt er nicht zu singen."

Text Authorship:

  • by Rudolph Baumbach (1840 - 1905), "Wenn der Vogel naschen will", appears in Spielmannslieder

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Confirmed with Rudolf Baumbach, Spielmannslieder, Leipzig: Verlag von A. G. Liebeskind, 1883, page 48.

1 Meyer-Helmund: "sitz'st du still und stumm"
1 Meyer-Helmund: "dein"

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 77
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