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Wo die Berge hoch sich türmen An dem Saum des Himmels dort, Aus dem Haus, dem schönen Garten, Trugen sie bei Nacht mich fort.
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- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Zigeunerliedchen II", op. 79 no. 7b[8] (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 7b[8], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (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: 4
Word count: 24
Where the mountains tower high on the edge of Heaven there, from that house, the fair garden, they carried me off by night.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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Line count: 4
Word count: 23