Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein,
[Kuriren alle]1  Noth,
[Und wer nicht trinkt und wer nicht küßt]2,
Der ist so gut wie todt.

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Confirmed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Goethe's sämmtliche Werke, zweiter Band, Paris: Tetot Frères, 1836, page 75. Appears in Jery und Bätely

¹ Bruch: "lindern manche"
² Bruch: "Doch wer nicht liebt und wer nicht trinkt"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in Jery und Bätely [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 Max Bruch (1838 - 1920), "Ein Mädchen und ein Gläschen Wein", op. 97 no. 5 (1920), published 1921 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "A maiden and a glass of wine", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

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