Wohlauf, ihr klein Waldvögelein, [die ihr]1 in Lüften schwebt,
Stimmt an, lobt Gott den Herren mein, singt all [singt all]2, die Stimm' erhebt;
Denn Gott hat euch erschaffen, [sich selbst zu]3 Lob und Ehr';
[Sang]4, Feder, Schnabel, Waffen, kommt alles von ihm her.

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Note: this is the first poem in the collection, without a letter or title.
¹ Kahn: " Alles was "
² Kahn: "singet"
³ Kahn: "zu seinem"
⁴ Kahn: "G'sang"

Text Authorship:

• by Karl Joachim ("Achim") Friedrich Ludwig von Arnim (1781 - 1831), no title, appears in Kinderlieder, in Das Federspiel, A. B. C. mit Flügeln [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 Walter Braunfels (1882 - 1954), "Eingang", op. 7b no. 1 [ voice and piano ], from Neues Federspiel, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Wohl auf, ihr klein Waldvögelein", op. 66 no. 3, published 1920 [ vocal duet with piano ], from 24 leichte zweistimmige Kanons , no. 3, Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

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