In der Bahnhofshalle, nicht für es gebaut,
geht ein Huhn
hin und her.
Wo, wo ist der [Stationsvorsteh'r]1?
Wird dem Huhn
man nichts tun?
Hoffen wir es! Sagen wir es laut,
dass ihm uns're Sympathie gehört,
selbst an [dieser Stätte]2, wo es - »stört«!

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¹ Schreiber: "Herr Stationsvorsteh'r"
² Schreiber: "diesem Orte"

Text Authorship:

• by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914), "Das Huhn", appears in Galgenlieder [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Das Huhn", from Galgenlieder, no. 57 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Hermann Franz Graener (1872 - 1944), "Das Huhn", op. 43b no. 3, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Galgenlieder von Christian Morgenstern, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Wolfgang König (b. 1947), "Das Huhn" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Lukoschek (b. 1945), "Das Huhn" [ mezzo-soprano and women's chorus ], from Galgenlieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Nitsche (1909 - 1985), "Das Huhn" [ SATB chorus ], from Vier Morgensternlieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolf Schreiber (1881 - 1920), "Das Huhn" [ voice and piano ], from Zehn Lieder für Gesang und Klavier, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La poule", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-29
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Word count: 46