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by Victor August Eberhard Blüthgen (1844 - 1920)

Wer hat das erste Lied erdacht
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Wer hat das erste Lied erdacht,
  Das in die Lüfte scholl?
Der Frühling fand's in lauer Nacht,
  Das Herz von Wonne voll;
Er sang es früh im Fliederbaum
  Und schlug den Tact dazu:
"O Maienzeit, o Liebestraum,
  Was ist so süß wie Du?"

Da kamen Mück' und Käferlein,
  Waldvöglein sonder Zahl;
Die übten sich die Weise ein,
  Wohl an die tausend Mal.
Sie trugen's durch den Himmelsraum
  Und durch die Waldesruh:
"O Maienzeit, o Liebestraum,
  Was ist so süß wie Du?"

Mir sang's am Bach die Nachtigall,
  Da ward mir wonnig weh;
Nun folgt das Lied mir überall
  Durch Duft und Blütenschnee.
Ich pflück' den Zweig vom Fliederbaum
  Und sing' es immerzu:
"O Maienzeit, o Liebestraum,
  Was ist so süß wie Du?"

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Confirmed with Die Gartenlaube. Illustrirtes Familienblatt, Band XXVII, Nr. 23 (1879), page 386.


Text Authorship:

  • by Victor August Eberhard Blüthgen (1844 - 1920), "Das erste Lied" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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