Herziges Schätzle du,
Hast mir auch all mei Ruh
G'stohlen, du loser Dieb,
Hab di doch lieb!
Wenn dir ins dunkelblau,
Funkelhell Schelmaug' schau,
Mein' i, i säh in mein
Himmelreich 'nein.

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Confirmed with Die Bauhütte. Zeitung für Freimaurer, Volume 30, Leipzig, Druck und Verlag von J. G. Findel, 1887, page 196.

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [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 Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Schwäbisches Volkslied", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1887 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
• by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Schwäbisches Volkslied", op. 25 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Herziges Schätzle du", op. 50 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1879), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart
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• by Philipp Rödelberger ( flourished c.1900 ), "Herziges Schätzle du!", published 1903 [ voice and piano ], in the collection Im Volkston II. Sammlung: moderne Preislieder komponiert für Die Woche, Druck und Verlag von August Scherl G.m.b.H. Berlin
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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Swabian folk song", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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