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by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875)

Jung Volkers Lied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT
Und die mich trug im [Mutterleib]1,
Und die mich schwang im Kissen,
Die war ein [schön frech braunes]2 Weib,
Wollte nichts vom Mannsvolk wissen.

Sie scherzte nur und lachte laut,
Und ließ die Freier stehen:
Möcht' lieber sein des Windes Braut,
[Denn]3 in die Ehe gehen!

Da kam der Wind, da nahm der Wind
Als Buhle sie gefangen:
Von dem hat sie ein lustig Kind
[In ihren Schoß empfangen]4.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Eduard Mörike, Sämtliche Werke in zwei Bänden. Band 1, München, 1967, pages 699-700.

1 Schumann: "Mutterarm"
2 Schumann: "schön, froh, braunes"
3 Schumann: "Als"
4 Schumann: "Jung Volker, mich, empfangen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Hugo Distler (1908 - 1942), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 19 (Mörike-Chorliederbuch), Heft 3 no. 11 (1939) [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Peter Jona Korn (b. 1922), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 24 no. 1 (1954), published 1964 [ medium voice and piano ], from Der Pfarrer von Cleversulzbach, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by August Püringer , "Jung Volker's Lied", op. 3 (5 Gedichte für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Fritzsch [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Jung Volkers Lied", op. 125 no. 4 (1851), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Heitere Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 4, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó del jove Volker", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het lied van de jonge Volker", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 75

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