Ich hab' eine alte Muhme,
Die ein altes Büchlein hat,
Es liegt in dem alten Buche
Ein altes, dürres Blatt.

So dürr sind wohl auch die Hände,
Die's einst im Lenz ihr gepflückt. --
Was mag doch die Alte haben?
Sie weint, wenn sie's erblickt? --

Composition:

Set to music by Pauline von Decker (1811 - 1882), "Das Blatt im Buche", op. 11, published [1873] [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel

Text Authorship:

• by Anton Alexander, Graf von Auersperg (1806 - 1876), as Anastasius Grün, "Das Blatt im Buche", appears in Blätter der Liebe, in Zweite Liebe, no. 9

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