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by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875)

Schifferlied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Es gleitet [mein]1 Schifflein durch Wellen und Wind, 
Es schwebet so sicher, es fährt so geschwind, 
Und schaukelt und wiegt sich so sanft in der Fluth; 
Drum hab' ich's so gerne und bin ihm so gut.  

Durch Wogen und Klippen trägt treu es mich fort, 
Geleitet mich schützend zum ruhigen Port; 
Gelagert in seinem mich bergenden Schoos, 
Beneide ich nicht der Gewaltigen Loos.

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Confirmed with Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin, Gedichte für die Jugend, Frankfurt am Main: Hermann Johann Keßler, 1846, page 123. Note: the 1851 edition of this book was titled Lebensfrühling. Gedichte für die Jugend.

1 Sachs: "ein"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand Enslin (1819 - 1875), "Schifferlied", appears in [Lebensfrühling.] Gedichte für die Jugend [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Schifferlied", op. 88, Heft 2 no. 7, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], from Lebensfrühling. Gedichte für die Jugend, von K. Enslin, no. 7, Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Julius Sachs (1830 - 1887), "Schifferlied", op. 33 (Zwei Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ vocal duet with piano ], Creuznach, Gebr. Wolff [sung text not yet checked]

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