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by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776)

Mailied
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Willkommen liebe Sommerzeit,
Willkommen schöner May,
Der Blumen auf den Anger streut,
Und alles machet neu.

Die Vögel höhen ihren Sang,
Der ganze Buchenhayn
Wird süßer, süßer Silberklang,
Und Bäche murmeln drein.

Roth stehn die Blumen, weiß und blau,
Und Mädchen pflücken sie,
Bald auf der Flur, bald auf der Au,
Ahi, Herr May, Ahi!

Ihr Busen ist von Blümchen bunt,
Ich sah ihn schöner nie,
Es lacht ihr rosenrother Mund,
Ahi, Herr May, Ahi!

Confirmed with Ludwig Christoph Heinrich Hölty's Sämtliche Werke kritisch und chronologisch herausgegeben von Wilhelm Michael, Erster Band, Weimar, Gesellschaft der Bibliophilen, 1914, page 118.

Note: This is the initial version of Hölty's Mailied "Willkommen, lieber schöner Mai" (see below).


Text Authorship:

  • by Ludwig Heinrich Christoph Hölty (1748 - 1776), title 1: "Maylied", title 2: "Mailied", written 1773 [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):

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Set in a modified version by Gustav Blasser, Eduard August Grell, Franz Peter Schubert, Johann Abraham Peter Schulz.

    • Go to the text. [ view differences ] DUT ENG FRE

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This text was added to the website: 2017-06-20
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