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by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau

Im grünen Mai, im grünen Mai
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Im grünen Mai, im grünen Mai,
Wenn Veilchen blüh'n im grünen Mai, 
Hol' ich mein Lieb, hol' ich mein Lieb
Wohl aus dem fernen Land herbei;
Du grüner Mai, o komm' heran,
Daß ich mein Schätzlein holen kann!

Wenn's Frühling ist, wenn's Frühling ist,
Wenn's wieder schöner Frühling ist,
Dann wird mein Lieb', dann wird mein Lieb'
Auf seinen rothen Mund geküsst;
Du schöner Mai, o komm' heran,
Daß ich mein Schätzlein küssen kann!

Mein liebes Lieb', mein liebes Lieb',
O bleib' mir gut, wenn's Veilchen blau,
Wenn grün der Mai, wenn's Röslein roth,
Dann frei' ich dich, du liebste Frau;
O sel'ge Zeit, komm' bald heran, 
Daß ich mein Schätzlein freien kann.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Degele •   H. Marschner 

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Confirmed with Den Armen: rheinisches Dichter-Album, ed. by C. O Sternau; in the last section, with poems and novellas by C. O. Sternau, Verlag von Johann Georg Schmitz, Köln, 1848, page 163. Note: modern German would change the following spellings: "Daß" -> "Dass", "rothen" -> "roten", etc.


Text Authorship:

  • by Otto Inkermann (1823 - 1862), as C. O. Sternau, no title, appears in Lieder im Volkstone, no. 3 [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 Eugen Degele (1834 - 1886), "Im grünen Mai", op. 3 (3 Lieder für Bariton oder Alt mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 [ baritone or alto and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Im grünen Mai", op. 170 no. 1, published 1855 [ alto or baritone and piano ], from [Sechs] Melodien zu C. O. Sternau's Liedern für Alt (oder Bariton), no. 1, Hannover, Nagel [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-02-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 120

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