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by Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (1807 - 1873)

Jægernes Sang paa Fjeldet
 (Sung text for setting by H. Kjerulf)
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Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Det vifter koldt og skumrer,
og Aft'nens gyldne Blink forgaae.
Alt Granekollen slumrer
i lukket Telt af Taager graa.
Men høit paa Sætervang
vi holde Tørn mod Nat og Veir,
og vaage trygt med Blus og Sang,
og slaae vor Leir.

Snart synker Alt i Taage,
og Mulmet hindrer hvert et Trin;
i Bjergets Drømmekroge
da kogles let en Vandrer ind.
I Høst for sidste Gang —
du vilde Hei, du dunkle Fjeld
vi sige Jer med Blus og Sang,
Farvel, Farvel!
Confirmed with Samlede skrifter af J. S. Welhaven, Volume 5, Forlagt af den Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), Kjøbenhavn, 1868, pages 298-299, excerpt from a longer poem called "En Jægr paa Fjeldet".

Composition:

    Set to music by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Jægernes Sang paa Fjeldet", 1848-68, published [1868] [ TTBB chorus a cappella ], from Album for Mandssang, no. 14, Kristiana (Oslo): Carl Warmuth

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Sebastian Cammermeyer Welhaven (1807 - 1873), no title

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This text was added to the website: 2016-12-11
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