Texts by G. Bachlund set in Art Songs and Choral Works

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Gary Bachlund (b. 1947)

Website: http://www.bachlund.org/

(Also see this author's vocal compositions.)

Texts set in art song or choral works (not necessarily comprehensive):

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Abel (Cain's eyes are not pleasing to God) FRE
A bit of seed was lying around (The seed) -
A blond cork reflected on himself FRE (The Song of the blond Cork) -
A catchy tune abhorred a dove (Catchy tune and dove) -
Account balance (I have felt much love)
A clever man honors the pig (Inner worth) -
A cow, that sat in a swallow's nest (Cow) -
A cuckoo's egg dropped from a tree (The egg) -
A dog ran through the kitchen (A dog ran through the kitchen) IRI
A drunkard's dream (I was drunk and dreaming)
Advertisement (Wanted: a puppy)
Aesop and the Donkey (The donkey spoke to Aesop: "When you propose)
A finch piped up in an apple tree (Finch and Frog) -
A Government Song (The way to manage debt) - G. Bachlund
A great genius (There was a briquette, a great genius)
A great star shall fall in my bosom FRE (Reconciliation) -
A grim-faced ass spoke prayerfully FRE (Mister and Missus Ass) -
A hedgehog sat on a stone FIN (Hedgehog and Hedge-hag) -
A herring loved an oyster
A Ichthyosaur did slowly roll (Prehistoric ballad) -
A jewish child (You are a child like all others) FRE
A Jew is made out of twenty-eight percent fear (Chutzpah) -
A larynx suffered a migraine (A larynx) -
A larynx (A larynx suffered a migraine)
A liar's tale (I will sing to you and will not dissemble)
A Litany of Finger Pointing (Who's responsible for the plague?) - G. Bachlund
A Litany of Symptoms (I do not like the way I feel) - G. Bachlund
A little campanula CAT FRE ITA (Two equals) -
A little dog, that hadn't recently (The big and little dogs) -
A little feather flew over the land (The feather) -
A little fellow stands in the woods (Riddle) -
a little man (so, I ask) -
A little piece of Brie cheese (Under the table) -
A little song, how does it take shape (A little song) -
A little song (A little song, how does it take shape)
A little spark would soon surprise (The spark) -
A little stone rolled down snappily (The stone) -
A little tiny deer stood on a little tiny tree (In the park) -
A lizard (Blindly towards a pond)
All men are the Redeemer (Gethsemane) -
All my little ducklings (All my little ducklings)
A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well-read and sensitive people) (My mother has geese)
Always in morning come the pain-filled colors FRE HEB (I dream so quietly of you) -
A manly stamp had a lovely experience (A manly stamp) -
A manly stamp (A manly stamp had a lovely experience)
A match (There was once a safety match)
A mother's four children, whose names we know well (A mother's four children) -
A mother's four children (A mother's four children, whose names we know well)
A nail (Mister Nail lodged in a piece of wood)
An amorous adventure (The morning came. I arrived by train)
Animated Aunty laughed with glee (Animated Aunty laughed with glee)
A Noble crowd (A Noble crowd)
A philosophic mouse praised Mother Nature (A philosophic mouse) -
A philosophic mouse (A philosophic mouse praised Mother Nature)
A pin cushion thought, quite elated (A pincushion) -
A pincushion (A pin cushion thought, quite elated)
A Required End Rhyme (On the mountain stands a tree branch-less) FRE
(A sad tale) (The old Marabou) -
As a mote of dust flies into the eye CAT (The clear world) -
A sigh was skating on the evening ice FRE (The sigh) -
A soap bubble hovered as it flew (The soap bubble) -
A song (Dumdee Dum/ Dum Deedum)
A steel button (It was a steel button during the season)
A stormy night (The stormy night had wedded us) FRE
A sweet little crab and a kangaroo (Bureaucracy) -
A tailor caught a mouse (A tailor caught a mouse)
A tailor's hand found a sewing pin (The sewing pin) -
At a pond a smudgy pudgy boy played (Twilight) -
A terrible cough there once was (Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops) -
At lunch! (One dies here from so little to do)
A troop's little banner suffered great distress (Little story) -
Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant (Aunty Jellyfish swam to shore)
Aunty Jellyfish swam to shore (Aunty Jellyfish and the Elephant) -
A water drop fell from the skies (The water drop) -
A water mouse and toad (Water mouse and toad) -
Away in a basin (Away in a basin) - G. Bachlund
Away in a basin - G. Bachlund
A weasel sat DUT FRE (The aesthetic Weasel) -
A well-bred gentleman in head and heart (Totality) - J. Wetzel
A white star sings a death song FRE (Mother) -
A yellow lemon (There was a yellow lemon)
Ballad for Frank Wedekind (My father was a fur seal) FRE
Before God's throne (Night, when goodly spirits roam) CAT
Berlin ballad (She hung like a lump) FRE
Between earth and heaven? FRE (Can you see me) -
Between you and me (In the chair, you, and I at your feet) FRE
Billions go poof! down the rabbit hole - G. Bachlund
Blindly towards a pond (A lizard) -
Blows the wind? DUT (No!) -
Both bottles (Two bottles sat together on a bench) FRE
Bureaucracy (A sweet little crab and a kangaroo)
Cain's eyes are not pleasing to God FRE (Abel) -
Can you see me (Between earth and heaven?) FRE
Caresses (I love those first anxious, tender caresses)
Catchy tune and dove (A catchy tune abhorred a dove)
Childhood, you're a magic land (Childhood, you're a magic land)
Children, let us loudly sing (Uncle Casper's red nose) -
Chill (Into the white petals) FRE
Chump Change - variations on Mulberry Bush (Billions go poof! down the rabbit hole) - G. Bachlund
Chutzpah (A Jew is made out of twenty-eight percent fear)
Cigarette Smoke (My first love was a hero) - G. Bachlund
Circus (The marionettes carry big wooden guns)
Clever Death's enormous voice - G. Bachlund
Clever Death, Stupid Death (Clever Death's enormous voice) - G. Bachlund
Clouds (In the night sky)
Come to him (You who weep, come to God because he too weeps)
Complaint (Stream, as you tumble over yourself)
Cousin Francis' donkey ride (His comely cousin's pleas increased)
Cowardly thoughts CAT DUT FRE ITA (No misery) -
Cow (A cow, that sat in a swallow's nest)
Crapülinski and Waschlapski
Crisis (Cry, sis! Cry, brother!) - G. Bachlund
Cry, sis! Cry, brother! - G. Bachlund (Crisis)
Dark days are come - G. Bachlund
Day (So come, whatever must come!) FRE
Do as I say, not as I do - G. Bachlund
Down from high peaks she springs
Do you? (Without rushing, a man can traverse)
Dreadful Henry (His mother said, "Dear Henry, son)
Dumdee Dum/ Dum Deedum (A song) -
Dumdee Dum (A song) -
Eating, drinking, all that my body "may" FRE (Good night!) -
Enjoy all the harmless fruits of life;
Evening prayer (From out the heavens high above)
Ever again (The winter's fled, the summer's here)
Every evening away I toss
Everywhere is a wonderland (Everywhere) -
Everywhere (Everywhere is a wonderland)
Fall (The leaves are falling, falling as from afar) FRE ITA POR
Father, there is no threat to you (Song of the Unborn) -
filth! filth! o filth! (filth) -
filth!/ filth! (filth) -
filth (filth!/ filth!)
Finch and Frog (A finch piped up in an apple tree)
Flutter by, you butterfly FRE
Folksong (If I were two birds)
Fox, you've stolen the farmer's goose (Fox, you've stolen the goose) -
Fox, you've stolen the goose (Fox, you've stolen the farmer's goose)
Friend, say what would you drink?" (Water and wine) -
From a day of play, a child rests FRE (God's blessing) -
From my childhood (Papa's cheer, Mommy's lap of course)
From out the heavens high above (Evening prayer) -
Gethsemane (All men are the Redeemer)
Gilt golden stars, tiny azure bells FRE
Give big or small (Giving) -
Giving (Give big or small)
God, I love you in your garb of roses FRE (Zebaoth) -
God's blessing (From a day of play, a child rests) FRE
Good king Magarone placed a fine gem (The gemstone) -
Good night, we'd bid to one and all (Good night) -
Good night! (Eating, drinking, all that my body "may") FRE
Good night (Good night, we'd bid to one and all)
Had God wanted me otherwise (Talent) -
Half-done Job (Serfdom was only a part of it)
Happy go merry go Sunday go round - G. Bachlund
Heaven and Earth (The greyhound of night wails like a child) FRE
Heavenly Days (I come down to earth from heavens above) - G. Bachlund
Hedgehog and Hedge-hag (A hedgehog sat on a stone) FIN
Hinz and Kunz (Hinz: / What do you think, Kunz, how big is the sun?)
Hinz: / What do you think, Kunz, how big is the sun? (Hinz and Kunz) -
His comely cousin's pleas increased (Cousin Francis' donkey ride) -
His mother said, "Dear Henry, son (Dreadful Henry) -
Holy guardian angel, my sweet companion
Hot and Blue (I am earth that's not yet plowed) - G. Bachlund
Hot House (The hot house once blossomed with color and hue) - G. Bachlund
How it once was (The little fairies of Cologne) -
Hugo the Dark Knight (With his two rugged squires)
I am a flower on the wallpaper's face FIN (Wallpaper flowers) -
I am condemned to wait (Rendezvous) -
I am earth that's not yet plowed - G. Bachlund
I am the Count of Réamur (Pretender to the Throne) -
I and You (On a lily pad did there gleam) FRE
I cannot divide life (I have only written) -
I come down to earth from heavens above - G. Bachlund
I do not like the way I feel - G. Bachlund (A Litany of Symptoms)
I drank my morning coffee and felt no horrid premonition (The premonition) -
I dream so quietly of you (Always in morning come the pain-filled colors) FRE HEB
If I were a little bird FRE
If I were two birds (Folksong) -
If you be with me, I go with joy FRE IRI ITA SPA (If you be with me) -
If you be with me (If you be with me, I go with joy) FRE IRI ITA SPA
I go to drown myself," she said lightly (The last path) -
I have felt much love (Account balance) -
I have nothing in me of which to rejoice (The donkey) -
I have only written (I cannot divide life)
I'll take truth over schnapps this very day (Lies and truth) -
I loved a girl who is called Margot FRE (I loved a girl) -
I loved a girl (I loved a girl who is called Margot) FRE
I love those first anxious, tender caresses (Caresses) -
In a boiling bath a lobster
In a little coat with much frou-frou
In a sacred pond in Singapore (The crocodile) -
In my closet hangs still your coat on a hanger (Sonnet) -
Inner worth (A clever man honors the pig)
In snow-capped Hindu-Cow (The old Marabou) -
In the chair, you, and I at your feet FRE (Between you and me) -
In the curves which the river has bent (Verona) -
In the darkest land in Africa (The moral) -
In the infinite the same events (Zest for life) -
In the morning a maid spoke crazed and wild FRE (The maiden's dream) -
In the new year, fortune and health! (In the New Year) -
In the New Year (In the new year, fortune and health!)
In the night sky (Clouds) -
In the park (A little tiny deer stood on a little tiny tree)
Into the white petals FRE (Chill) -
Introduction (Much occurs at various times)
I saw you in the sunlight (I saw you in the sunlight)
I shall not swear by the expert (No) -
I sit here, eating meatballs (I!) -
I sit on my porch through the whole damn day - G. Bachlund
I think about me - G. Bachlund (Modern Art)
It is at times that I'm just me.
It is inglorious to die young (Poet and freedom fighter) -
It is noon. A park (Winter sun) -
It was a cross (It was a cross) - G. Bachlund
It was a cross - G. Bachlund
It was a steel button during the season (A steel button) -
I was drunk and dreaming (A drunkard's dream) -
I will go alone over the mountain
I will sing to you and will not dissemble (A liar's tale) -
I would be God and hear prayers
I would flee into the immensity FRE (Withdrawal from the world) -
I! (I sit here, eating meatballs)
Johnny B Blue and Suzy Q (Johnny B Blue and Suzy Q?) - G. Bachlund
Joy shall never be silent (Joy) -
Joy (Joy shall never be silent)
Jumbled (Love is up and then it's down) - G. Bachlund
Jupiter's eagle and Pallas' owl quarreled (The eagle and the owl) -
"Just now I heard a gunshot!
Just one of these little angels' horde (Spaghetti) -
King David (Smiling fails the tyrant)
Klapphorn verses (Two lads went through the corn)
Known to the naturalists (Pâté of Cat Pies) -
Last night as I slept (Last night as I slept) FRE
Last song (My blossoms are all faded!)
Lazy Bones (Otto, Otto, learn!)
Lieben's Malt Flavored Cough Drops (A terrible cough there once was)
Lies and truth (I'll take truth over schnapps this very day)
Life's ups and downs don't ever disengage - G. Bachlund (Life)
Life (Life's ups and downs don't ever disengage) - G. Bachlund
Little guests in your mouse-hole house. CAT FRE ITA
Little Questions (Who will raise my children?") - G. Bachlund
Little ravens have caught colds in their beaks (Ravens' beaks' sniffles) -
Little story (A troop's little banner suffered great distress)
Lore Lay (Near Bacharach on the Rhine) FRE
Love is up and then it's down - G. Bachlund
Love; it's a difficult word at the very best - G. Bachlund (Love)
Love, to the delight of all man (Love) -
Love you, hon'! - G. Bachlund (Love you, too!)
Love you, too! (Love you, hon'!) - G. Bachlund
Love (Love; it's a difficult word at the very best) - G. Bachlund
Love (Love, to the delight of all man)
Marietta (To the cabaret on Brothel Street)
Me! Egoist! -- When I know no better! (Me! Egoist!) -
Me! Egoist! (Me! Egoist! -- When I know no better!)
Merry-go-round (Happy go merry go Sunday go round) - G. Bachlund
Metaphor of love (What eyes, and what a demeanor!)
Militia (Yesterday you behaved rather badly,")
Missus Tea Pot sang on the fire (Missus Tea Pot) -
Missus Tea Pot (Missus Tea Pot sang on the fire)
Mister and Missus Ass (A grim-faced ass spoke prayerfully) FRE
Mister Goblin of the seafarers' sea (Mister Goblin) -
Mister Goblin (Mister Goblin of the seafarers' sea)
Mister Miller had a flea (The flea) -
Mister Muzzle and Kitty Puss (Ta-da-dee-dumple-dee!)
Mister Nail lodged in a piece of wood (A nail) -
Modern Art (I think about me) - G. Bachlund
Mother (A white star sings a death song) FRE
Much occurs at various times (Introduction) -
Musicological Marxism, parlez-vous? - G. Bachlund (Musicological Marx)
Musicological Marx (Musicological Marxism, parlez-vous?) - G. Bachlund
My blossoms are all faded! (Last song) -
My child, things here are quite the same
My early childhood had (The children's sunny street) -
My father of glorious memory," (The Warrior Wolf) -
My father was a fur seal FRE (Ballad for Frank Wedekind) -
My first love was a hero - G. Bachlund
My house has no door (The freeloader) -
My mother has geese (A lullaby (to be sung by moonlight for well-read and sensitive people)) -
My smallest failing is jealousy (My smallest failing) -
My smallest failing (My smallest failing is jealousy)
Name the names - G. Bachlund
Nasobema lyricum (Upon its noses strides) FRE
Near Bacharach on the Rhine FRE (Lore Lay) -
New pictures (The ox-sparrow, (a rather huge Bull-finch))
Night, when goodly spirits roam CAT (Before God's throne) -
No Body Blues (I sit on my porch through the whole damn day) - G. Bachlund
No-e in the Ark (Some say No-e is a good old man) - G. Bachlund (Text: Anonymous)
No misery (Cowardly thoughts) CAT DUT FRE ITA
Nothing left or right will lure me aside CAT (Nothing) -
Nothing (Nothing left or right will lure me aside) CAT
Now I lay me down to sleep. Pray the Lord my soul to keep. While I dream, recall
Now I lay me down to sleep - G. Bachlund
Now slumbers my soul (The storm felled trees) FRE
No! (Blows the wind?) DUT
No (I shall not swear by the expert)
Oh", cried a glass of Burgundy (That's right!) -
Oh it's always someone else's fault (Oh it's always someone else's fault) - G. Bachlund
Oh it's always someone else's fault - G. Bachlund
Old Age is a courteous gentleman (Old Age) -
Old Age (Old Age is a courteous gentleman)
Old song (There was once a baker)
O little child unwanted and aborted by its mom
O little child unwanted and - G. Bachlund
O little child unwanted (O little child unwanted and) - G. Bachlund
On a lily pad did there gleam FRE (I and You) -
Once again fell into my lap FRE (Once again) -
Once again (Once again fell into my lap) FRE
Once there lived a tailor (Romance) -
Once there was a merry little fly
One dies here from so little to do (At lunch!) -
One night a Were-wolf slipped away FRE
On Sunday in the cathedral one whispers to some FRE (Pogrom) -
On the hills (On the hills) CAT DUT FRE SWG
On the mountain stands a tree branch-less FRE (A Required End Rhyme) -
On top of Mount Sinai (On top of Mount Sinai)
Otto, Otto, learn! (Lazy Bones) -
Papa's cheer, Mommy's lap of course (From my childhood) -
Parting (Today I go. Then I return)
Pâté of Cat Pies (Known to the naturalists)
Pâtés there, pâtés here (The potato song) -
Peace (1917) (The trees heed the rainbow)
Poem (When death/ devours music)
Poet and freedom fighter (It is inglorious to die young)
Pogrom (On Sunday in the cathedral one whispers to some) FRE
Political asses (They had tired of freedom)
Politics is when the pig - G. Bachlund (Politics is where the pig)
Politics is where the pig (Politics is when the pig) - G. Bachlund
Politics, the servant says - G. Bachlund (Politics)
Politics (Politics, the servant says) - G. Bachlund
Postscript (The "me" and my "idea of me")
Prehistoric ballad (A Ichthyosaur did slowly roll)
Pretender to the Throne (I am the Count of Réamur)
Problem (Why is everything so problematic?)
Quodlibet (When sickness does not torment me)
Rain in the twilight (The changing wind on the byways) FRE
Raise those taxes! My, o my! - G. Bachlund (Raise those taxes!)
Raise those taxes! (Raise those taxes! My, o my!) - G. Bachlund
Ravens' beaks' sniffles (Little ravens have caught colds in their beaks)
Recipe (You mix seven pounds of Palmin)
Reconciliation (A great star shall fall in my bosom) FRE
Red rosebush ringlets have torn my shirt (Rose ringlets) -
Rendezvous (I am condemned to wait)
Rest? How? Question "Requiem?" - G. Bachlund
Riddle (A little fellow stands in the woods)
Romance Novel (Dark days are come) - G. Bachlund
Romance (Once there lived a tailor)
Room A-460 (Rest? How? Question "Requiem?") - G. Bachlund
Rose ringlets (Red rosebush ringlets have torn my shirt)
Rr-r-revolution (Song of the intellectuals) -
Said-he songs (There in the heights, said he)
Sarah and Sandy and Sally and Sue (Sarah and Sandy and Sally and Sue) - G. Bachlund
Sarah and Sandy and Sally and Sue - G. Bachlund
Scrap iron, brass, lead
Seated on the throne
Serfdom was only a part of it (Half-done Job) -
She hung like a lump FRE (Berlin ballad) -
She's called the grouchy Missus Xanthippe (Xanthippe) -
She was a beautiful, delicate blossom (She was a beautiful, delicate blossom)
Silent child, wholly defiled (Silent child, wholly defiled) - G. Bachlund
Silent child, wholly defiled - G. Bachlund
Si mundus vult decipi (Si mundus vult decipi) - G. Bachlund
Smiling fails the tyrant (King David) -
Snoring (There was a charming gal)
So come, whatever must come! FRE (Day) -
so, I ask (a little man)
So is it always that time will go (Time) -
Some say No-e is a good old man (Text: Anonymous) - G. Bachlund
Song of the intellectuals (Rr-r-revolution)
Song of the Unborn (Father, there is no threat to you)
Sonnet (In my closet hangs still your coat on a hanger)
So what remains then of life (What remains then) -
So your head and heart are buzzing? FRL ITA (The best) -
Spaghetti (Just one of these little angels' horde)
Spring is again returned. The Earth FRE (Spring) -
Spring (Spring is again returned. The Earth) FRE
Standing before a house's door (Wilhelm Busch self-caricature) -
Stomach pains (The bowels writhe about in battle)
Stream, as you tumble over yourself (Complaint) -
Such a tepid, white day (Such a tepid, white day)
Sum of sums (Tell how it was, you silly old fool)
Ta-da-dee-dumple-dee! (Mister Muzzle and Kitty Puss) -
Talent (Had God wanted me otherwise)
Tango sounds through night and lilacs (Tango) -
Tango (Tango sounds through night and lilacs)
Tell how it was, you silly old fool (Sum of sums) -
Tell me something of strange lands, that you have seen (The Fox and the Stork) -
Tell me something of strange lands (The Fox and the Stork) -
That's right! (Oh", cried a glass of Burgundy)
The aesthetic Weasel (A weasel sat) DUT FRE
The animals' ball (We'll give a ball, I think,")
The art of make-up (The word, not so important by itself)
The best (So your head and heart are buzzing?) FRL ITA
The big and little dogs (A little dog, that hadn't recently)
The bowels writhe about in battle (Stomach pains) -
The bureaucrat's memo (To the public) - G. Bachlund
The button (There was a button on Fritz' cap)
The changing wind on the byways FRE (Rain in the twilight) -
The children's sunny street (My early childhood had)
The clear world (As a mote of dust flies into the eye) CAT
The contest (The cuckoo and the donkey)
The crocodile (In a sacred pond in Singapore)
The cuckoo and the donkey (The contest) -
The donkey spoke to Aesop: "When you propose (Aesop and the Donkey) -
The donkey spoke to Aesop (Aesop and the Donkey) -
The donkey (I have nothing in me of which to rejoice)
The Double Standard Song (Do as I say, not as I do) - G. Bachlund
The eagle and the owl (Jupiter's eagle and Pallas' owl quarreled)
The egg (A cuckoo's egg dropped from a tree)
The end of the world (There is weeping in the world) FRE SPA
The feather (A little feather flew over the land)
The flea (Mister Miller had a flea)
The fly and the bug (The fly had said to the bug)
The fly had said to the bug (The fly and the bug) -
The Fox and the Stork (Tell me something of strange lands)
The freeloader (My house has no door)
The gemstone (Good king Magarone placed a fine gem)
The great yearning (When the great yearning comes again)
The greyhound of night wails like a child FRE (Heaven and Earth) -
The hot house once blossomed with color and hue - G. Bachlund
The last path (I go to drown myself," she said lightly)
The leaves are falling, falling as from afar FRE ITA POR (Fall) -
The little fairies of Cologne (How it once was)
The little lad (There was a nasty, little lad)
The little lass (There was a poor but lovely little lass)
The little rabbit sat in the cabbage patch (The little rabbit) -
The little rabbit (The little rabbit sat in the cabbage patch)
The maiden's dream (In the morning a maid spoke crazed and wild) FRE
The marionettes carry big wooden guns (Circus) -
The "me" and my "idea of me" (Postscript) -
The midnight mouse (When it's midnight and neither moon) DUT FRE
The mirror, the comb and the sponge (The mirror, the comb)
The mirror, the comb (The mirror, the comb and the sponge) -
The moral (In the darkest land in Africa)
The morning came. I arrived by train (An amorous adventure) -
...Then came the night with your dreams FRE (Then) -
The night passed. And the day awoke (The night passed) -
The night passed (The night passed. And the day awoke)
The night was cold and starlit
Then (...Then came the night with your dreams) FRE
The old Marabou ((A sad tale))
The old song, that old song (The old song) -
The old song (The old song, that old song)
The ox-sparrow, (a rather huge Bull-finch) (New pictures) -
The Perfect and the Imperfect drink FIN FRE (Under tenses) -
The potato song (Pâtés there, pâtés here)
The premonition (I drank my morning coffee and felt no horrid premonition)
The Quilt (Name the names) - G. Bachlund
The Rain Is Failing (The rain is falling all around) - G. Bachlund ITA
The rain is falling all around ITA - G. Bachlund
The Raven Ralf (The raven Ralf)
There in the heights, said he (Said-he songs) -
There is weeping in the world FRE SPA (The end of the world) -
There met more or less
There was a briquette, a great genius (A great genius) -
There was a button on Fritz' cap (The button) -
There was a charming gal (Snoring) -
There was a nasty, little lad (The little lad) -
There was a poor but lovely little lass (The little lass) -
There was a snuff box (The snuff box) -
There was a yellow lemon (A yellow lemon) -
There was once a baker (Old song) -
There was once a boomerang
There was once a safety match (A match) -
The rose spoke to the maiden fair (The rose spoke to the maiden fair)
The seed (A bit of seed was lying around)
These phantasms are a pair
The sewing pin (A tailor's hand found a sewing pin)
The sigh (A sigh was skating on the evening ice) FRE
The snuff box (There was a snuff box)
The soap bubble (A soap bubble hovered as it flew)
The Social Democrat's Song (We'll love to tell you what to do, after the coup!) - G. Bachlund
The Song of the blond Cork (A blond cork reflected on himself) FRE
The spark (A little spark would soon surprise)
The stone (A little stone rolled down snappily)
The Stork hails from Egyptian lands (The stork) -
The stork (The Stork hails from Egyptian lands)
The storm felled trees FRE (Now slumbers my soul) -
The stormy night had wedded us FRE (A stormy night) -
The time is gone; thoughtlessly you lost yourself FRE (The time is gone) -
The time is gone (The time is gone; thoughtlessly you lost yourself) FRE
The trees heed the rainbow (Peace (1917)) -
The two tree roots (Two evergreen roots, great and old)
The voice box, in its hollow boom (The voice box) -
The voice box (The voice box, in its hollow boom)
The Warrior Wolf (My father of glorious memory,")
The water drop (A water drop fell from the skies)
The Water Snake (Zeus had not ever given frogs another king)
The way to manage debt - G. Bachlund
The winter's fled, the summer's here (Ever again) -
The wise old owl holds still his tongue (The wise owl) -
The wise owl (The wise old owl holds still his tongue)
The word, not so important by itself (The art of make-up) -
They had tired of freedom (Political asses) -
This for one and that for another
Three ducks flew over the Rhine (Three ducks flew...) -
Three ducks flew... (Three ducks flew over the Rhine)
Three wild geese, that flew over the lake FRE (Three wild geese) -
Three wild geese (Three wild geese, that flew over the lake) FRE
Time (So is it always that time will go)
To break asunder a unity's eternal light CAT (Unity) -
Today I go. Then I return (Parting) -
Today, just for today (Today, just for today) CAT FRE
Totality (A well-bred gentleman in head and heart)
To the cabaret on Brothel Street (Marietta) -
To the public - G. Bachlund (The bureaucrat's memo)
Twilight (At a pond a smudgy pudgy boy played)
Two bottles sat together on a bench FRE (Both bottles) -
Two chaps managed a kiss (Two chaps) -
Two chaps (Two chaps managed a kiss)
Two equals (A little campanula) CAT FRE ITA
Two evergreen roots, great and old (The two tree roots) -
Two lads went through the corn (Klapphorn verses) -
Uncle Casper's red nose (Children, let us loudly sing)
Understand this, then!
Under tenses (The Perfect and the Imperfect drink) FIN FRE
Under the table (A little piece of Brie cheese)
Unity (To break asunder a unity's eternal light) CAT
Unsteadiness (What an old rascal I do appear)
Upon its noses strides FRE (Nasobema lyricum) -
Verona (In the curves which the river has bent)
Wallpaper flowers (I am a flower on the wallpaper's face) FIN
Wanted: a puppy (Advertisement) -
Water and wine (Friend, say what would you drink?")
Water mouse and toad (A water mouse and toad)
Water (Without words, wordy words)
We are, say the howls of protest (We are...) -
We are... (We are, say the howls of protest)
We Hamburg gals are fine
We'll give a ball, I think," (The animals' ball) -
We'll love to tell you what to do, after the coup! - G. Bachlund (The Social Democrat's Song)
What about it? (Woman wants one steady beau) - G. Bachlund
What am I, as I look back? - G. Bachlund (Who Am I?)
What an old rascal I do appear (Unsteadiness) -
What do we geese wear for clothes? (What do we geese wear for clothes?)
What do you think, Kunz, how big is the sun? (Hinz and Kunz) -
What eyes, and what a demeanor! (Metaphor of love) -
"What I love and what I seek
What is a man? A stomach, two arms (What is a man?) -
What is a man? (What is a man? A stomach, two arms)
What is an original? (What is an original?)
What remains then (So what remains then of life)
When death/ devours music (Poem) -
When death (Poem) -
When it's midnight and neither moon DUT FRE (The midnight mouse) -
When I was a little lad (When I was just a little lad)
When I was just a little lad (When I was a little lad) -
When sickness does not torment me (Quodlibet) -
When the great yearning comes again (The great yearning) -
Who Am I? (What am I, as I look back?) - G. Bachlund
Who's responsible for the plague? - G. Bachlund
Who will raise my children?" - G. Bachlund
Why is everything so problematic? (Problem) -
Wilhelm Busch self-caricature (Standing before a house's door)
Winter sun (It is noon. A park)
Withdrawal from the world (I would flee into the immensity) FRE
With his two rugged squires (Hugo the Dark Knight) -
Without rushing, a man can traverse (Do you?) -
Without words, wordy words (Water) -
Woman wants one steady beau - G. Bachlund
Xanthippe (She's called the grouchy Missus Xanthippe)
Yes, just scold and curse on (Yes, just scold) -
Yes, just scold (Yes, just scold and curse on)
Yesterday afternoon I found
Yesterday you behaved rather badly," (Militia) -
Yesterday (Now I lay me down to sleep) - G. Bachlund
You are a child like all others FRE (A jewish child) -
You are my rest (You are my rest) CAT DUT DUT FRE FRI HEB IRI ITA POR
You lovely star (You lovely star) CAT DUT FIN FRE
You mix seven pounds of Palmin (Recipe) -
You who weep, come to God because he too weeps (Come to him) -
Zebaoth (God, I love you in your garb of roses) FRE
Zest for life (In the infinite the same events)
Zeus had not ever given frogs another king (The Water Snake) -

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