Wir reiten in die Kreuz und Quer'
Nach Freuden und Geschäften;
Doch immer kläfft es hinterher
Und billt [aus]1 allen Kräften.
So will der Spitz aus unserm Stall
Uns immerfort begleiten,
Und seines Bellens lauter Schall
Beweis't nur, daß wir reiten.

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¹ Wetzel: "nach"

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Kläffer" [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 Ernst Křenek (1900 - 1991), "Kläffer", op. 47 no. 1, published 1927 [ chorus a cappella ], from Vier a-capella-Chöre nach Texten von Goethe, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Julius Marx (1897 - 1985), "Kläffer", op. 49 no. 10 (1949) [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Justus Hermann Wetzel (1879 - 1973), "Totalität -- Kläffer" [ voice and piano ]
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