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by Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806 - 1869)

Zu trinken bin ich stets gewillt
Language: German (Deutsch) 
[Zu trinken bin ich]1 stets gewillt, 
Zu trinken stets gemeinet, 
So lang die Wasser gehn zum Meer, 
So lang die Sonne scheinet. 

Als Gott so heiß die Sonne schuf, 
That er es uns zu Liebe, 
Daß unser Durst, ach, unser Durst! 
Nur immer munter bliebe. 

Und als er so viel Wasser schloß 
In Ufer und in Küsten, 
Da that er's, daß wir desto mehr 
Den Wein zu schätzen wüßten. 

Und daß er schuf so wenig Wein, 
Das wollte sich gebühren: 
Es läßt sich halt in dieser Welt 
Das Gute selten spüren.

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Confirmed with Wilhelm Wackernagel, Weinbüchlein, Leipzig: Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1845, page 27.

1 Truhn: "Ich bin zu trinken"; further changes may exist not shown above.

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Wackernagel (1806 - 1869), "Daß des Guten nur wenig in der Welt sei ", appears in Weinbüchlein [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 Friedrich Theodor Fröhlich (1803 - 1836), "Trinklied" [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], confirmed with Alpenrosen: ein Schweizer-Taschenbuch, no editor named, Aarau: Johann Jakob Christen, 1832, page 388 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Gustav Jansen (1831 - 1910), "Beim Wein", op. 36 (Zwei Lieder für Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1874 [ bass and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Rara virtus", op. 3 no. 3, published 1833 [ bass and piano ], from Vier Weinlieder für Bass mit Pianoforte, no. 3, Berlin, Bechtold und Hartje [sung text not yet checked]

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