Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (John Rutter, CBE)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

Language: English

Available translation(s): GER

Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
Bless the bed that I lie on.
Four corners to my bed,
Four angels round my head;
One to watch, and one to pray,
And two to bear my soul away.

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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 John (Milford) Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John", published 1974 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Five Childhood Lyrics, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 36

Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Matthäus, Markus, Lukas und Johann
segnet mein Bett, dass ich schlafen kann.
Um mein Bett zur guten Nacht
halten treu vier Engel Wacht.
Einer zu beten, einer gibt acht,
zwei tragen meine Seele sacht.

Authorship

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a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 34