I Skoven vipper de Fugle smaa
blandt Blomster og Blade og Stilke,
og nogle er røde og nogle er blaa
og nogle som Fløjel og Silke.
Kom Purpurfugl ! Kom [himmelblaa]1 Fugl !
Kom snehvide Fugl fra dit Blomsterskjul !

Hyss ! [Hører du]2 den nydelige Sang, 
som Bierne synger i Solskinnet !

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Confirmed with Ludvig Holstein, Tove, et Kæerlighedsdrama i fem akter, Det Nordiske Forlag (Ernst Bojesen), København: 1898.

¹ Nielsen : "lyseblaa"
² Nielsen : "Hør"

Text Authorship:

• by Ludvig Holstein (1864 - 1943), "Fuglefængervisen", appears in Tove [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 Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Fuglefængervise", FS. 43 no. 4 (1906) [ voice and orchestra ], from Tove, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chanson de l'oiseleur", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

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