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by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902)

Bin ein armer Waisenknab'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Bin ein armer Waisenknab'
Vater nicht noch Mutter hab'
Alle Menschen sind mir fremd,
Trage [ein zerriss'nes]1 Hemd.

Wandre still von Thür' zu Thür',
Niemand aber öffnet mir,
Meine Kost ist karg und schmal,
Keiner ladet mich zum Mahl.

Bin auf Gottes Welt allein
Mit den goldnen Sternelein,
Auf der Erde nur ein Grab
Hat der arme Waisenknab'! --

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•   H. Schulz-Beuthen 

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1 Schulz-Beuthen: "nur ein ärmlich"

Text Authorship:

  • by (Agnes) Mathilde Wesendonck, née Luckemeyer (1828 - 1902), no title [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 Oskar von Chelius (1859 - 1923), "Lied des Waisenknaben", op. 9 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Raabe & Plothow [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen (1838 - 1915), "Der Waisenknabe", 1871 [ tenor and piano ], from Acht Dichtungen von Mathilde Wesendonck für eine Tenorstimme mit Klavier-Begleitung, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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