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Zwischen Bergen, liebe Mutter,
Weit den Wald entlang,
Reiten da drei junge Jäger
Auf drei Rösslein blank,
lieb' Mutter,
Auf drei Rößlein blank.
Ihr könnt fröhlich sein, lieb' Mutter,
Wird es draußen still:
Kommt der Vater heim vom Walde,
Küßt Euch, wie er will,
lieb' Mutter,
Küßt Euch, wie er will.
Und ich werfe mich im Bettchen
Nachts ohn' Unterlaß,
Kehr' mich links und kehr' mich rechts hin,
Nirgends hab' ich was,
lieb' Mutter,
Nirgends hab' ich was.
Bin ich eine Frau erst einmal,
In der Nacht dann still
Wend' ich mich nach allen Seiten,
Küß, soviel ich will,
lieb' Mutter,
Küß, soviel ich will.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Joseph Freiherrn von Eichendorffs sämtliche poetische Werke. Dritte Auflage. Erster Band. Gedichte, Leipzig, C. F. Amelang's Verlag, 1883, pages 200-201.
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Kleine", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe [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 Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Die Kleine", op. 22 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 5, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Crantz [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Baumgartner (1820 - 1867), "Die Kleine", op. 27 (Acht humoristischen Lieder) no. 6 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Friedrich) August Bungert (1845 - 1915), "Bin ich eine Frau einmal erst", op. 49 no. 19, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Volkslieder nach alten und neuen Gedichte und Handwerker-Lieder, no. 19, Berlin, Fr. Luckhardt [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Robert Kahn (1865 - 1951), "Die Kleine", op. 16 (Acht Gesänge und Lieder) no. 2 (1892), published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
- by Armin Knab (1881 - 1951), "Die Kleine", published 1911 [ voice and guitar ], Munich: Verlag Gitarrefreund [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Die Kleine", op. 32b (Drei Lieder nach Gedichten von Joseph v. Eichendorff) no. 2, published 1919-20 [ voice and piano ], Mainz : Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leone Sinigaglia (1868 - 1944), "Die Kleine", op. 15 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ludwig Wilhelm Andreas Maria Thuille (1861 - 1907), "Die Kleine", op. 19 (5 Lieder) no. 1, published >>1900 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Severin Warteresiewicz (1852 - 1923), "Die Kleine", op. 12 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1889 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Wetz (1875 - 1935), "Die Kleine", op. 41 (Sechs Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig: Fr. Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Die Kleine", 1887 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Die Kleine", op. 19 (Sechs Gedichte von Eichendorff für vierstimmigen Männerchor) no. 6, published 1883 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Franz von Holstein.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "The little girl", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 107
Between the mountains, dear mother,
Far along the forest,
Three young huntsmen are riding
On three shining horses,
dear mother!
On three shining horses.
You can be happy, dear mother,
When it becomes quiet outdoors;
Father comes home from the forest
And you can kiss each other as much as you want,
dear mother!
You can kiss each other as much as you want,
And I toss about
In my little bed at night without end,
I turn to left and I turn to right
Nowhere do I have anything,
dear mother.
Nowhere do I have anything.
When I am finally a woman
In the quiet night then
I will turn to all sides
And kiss as much as I want to,
dear mother.
And kiss as much as I want to.
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), "Die Kleine", appears in Gedichte, in 4. Frühling und Liebe
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-03
Line count: 24
Word count: 133