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by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886)

Ein' festen Sitz hab' ich veracht't
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ein' festen Sitz hab' ich veracht't,
Fuhr unstät durch's Revier,
Da fand ich sonder Vorbedacht
Ein lobesam Quartier.

Doch wie ich in der Ruhe Schoss
Sänftlich zu sitzen wähn',
Da bricht ein Donnerwetter los,
Muß wieder wandern geh'n.

Alljahr wächst eine and're Pflanz'
Im Garten, als vorher;
Das Leben wär' ein Narrentanz,
Wenn's nicht so ernsthaft wär'.

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Confirmed with Josef Viktor von Scheffel, Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. Ein Sang vom Oberrhein, zweihundertfünfundvierzigste Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag von Adolf Bonz & Comp., 1899, page 220.


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  • by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel (1826 - 1886), no title, appears in Der Trompeter von Säkkingen, in Vierzehntes Stück. Das Büchlein der Lieder, in 1. Lieder jung Werners, no. 11 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2006-11-15
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