Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt Und man begegnet allenthalben Engeln. Sie riechen nach Öl und tragen goldene Pessare Und mit blauen Ringen um die Augen Füttern sie allmorgenlich die Schreiber in ihren Schwimmpfühlen.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Stadt ist nach den Engeln genannt", from Hollywooder Liederbuch, no. 22
Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956), no title, appears in Hollywood-Elegien, no. 3
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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