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by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892)

Sov, mit barn, sov længe
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Sov, mit barn, sov længe,
jeg rører vuggens gænge,
vifter fluen fra din kind,
kalder drømmen til dit sind,
sov, mit barn, sov længe! 

Frodig som en ranke
du vokser for min tanke,
vokser fra din moders arm
ud i verdens vilde larm,
frodig som en ranke. 

Glem dog ej din vugge
og ej din moders sukke! 
Vokser du fra barnekår,
glem dog ej dit fadervor,
glem dog ej din vugge! 

Lykkens roser røde
kun mellem torne gløde
tornen tager jeg for mig,
rosen gemmer jeg til dig,
lykkens roser røde! 

Vågn med smil om munden
så fro som fugl i lunden! 
Reden din er lun og blød:
moderfavn og moderskød,
vågn med smil om munden.

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•   V. Henriques 

V. Henriques sets stanzas 1, 4-5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Richardt (1831 - 1892), first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked 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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Vuggesang", published 1862 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Sov, mit Barn, sov længe", op. 3 no. 1 (1889), stanzas 1,4-5 [ voice and piano ], from Ved Vuggen. Fire Sange = Four songs, no. 1, Kjøbenhavn, Nordisk Musik-Forlag; Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Sov mit Barn, sov længe", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Vuggesange, no. 1, Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Annelises Vuggesang", 1922 [ voice and piano ], W. H. Ett. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Mortensen (1832 - 1893), "Sov, mit barn, sov længe" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 25
Word count: 117

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