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by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779 - 1850)

I skyggen vi vanke
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
I skyggen vi vanke
blandt lysgrønne strå,
Sankt-Hans-Urt vi sanke,
hvor blomsterne stå. 
Pæne lille urt
står så rent og purt,
står så frisk og grøn,
uformærkt i løn. 

Bag køkkenets række
vi hensætte den,
fra trælistens sprække
den snor sig da hen. 
Hvis den fæster rod,
bli'r vor skæbne god;
dør den på sit sted,
ak da dø vi med. 

Da ikke vi kommer
så glade, så fro,
her følgende sommer,
når blomsterne gro. 
Hist, hvor korset står,
hist på kirkegård
blege ligger vi. 
Da er det forbi! 

Sankt-Hans-Urt vi sanke,
hvor blomsterne stå,
blandt stammer så ranke,
blandt lysgrønne strå. 
Pæne lille urt!
Står så rent og purt,
står så frisk og grøn,
uformærkt i løn.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger (1779 - 1850), "Pigerne inde i skoven", appears in Sankt Hans-Aften-Spil, first published 1803 [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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Pigerne inde i skoven", published 1858 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Pigerne inde i Skoven", op. 27 no. 1, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from To Sange (A. Ochlenschäger), no. 1, Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Thomas Linneman Laub (1852 - 1927), "I skyggen vi vanke", published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from En Snes danske Viser (1915), no. 4b, Leipzig & København, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "I skyggen vi vanke", FS. 70 no. 4a, published 1915 [ voice and piano ], from En Snes danske Viser (1915), no. 4a, Leipzig & København, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 118

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