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by Jakob Julius David (1859 - 1906)

Ich hab' kein Haus, ich hab' kein Nest
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich hab' kein Haus, ich hab' kein Nest, 
ich hab' kein' Hochzeit und kein Fest;
ich hab' kein Hof, ich hab' kein Feld,
ich hab' kein' Heimat auf der Welt.

Am Himmel selbst der [Schauerstrich,
den fürchten sie nicht so wie]1 mich,
mir geht's nicht gut, mir geht's nicht schlecht --
und so, gerade so ist's recht...

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Goldmark 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von J. J. David, Dresden & Leipzig, 1892.

1 Goldmark: "Hagelstich,/ den mögen lieber sie als"

Text Authorship:

  • by Jakob Julius David (1859 - 1906), "Im Volkston" [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 Carl Goldmark (1830 - 1915), "Trutz", op. 46 (Sechs Lieder) no. 3 (1888/1889) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wilhelm Kienzl (1857 - 1941), "Habenichts", op. 114 no. 6 (192-?) [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 57

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