Des Waldes Sänger singen,
  Die rothe Rose blüht,
Die Quellen rauschen und springen,
  Es ist das alte Lied.

Das klingt und singt so selig
  Vom seligen, lieblichen Mai,
Und machet mich doch nicht fröhlich
  Die lustige Melodei.

Confirmed with Gedichte von Wilhelm Osterwald, Dritte umgearbeitete und vermehrte Auflage, Leipzig, Verlag von F. G. C. Leuckart (Constantin Sander), 1873, page 60.

Authorship

• by (Karl) Wilhelm Osterwald (1820 - 1887), "Umsonst", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Erstes Buch: Lieder, no. 53 [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 Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Umsonst", op. 10 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1850 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Whistling [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Julius Lammers (1829 - 1888), "Umsonst", op. 4 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1877 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Kahnt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Friedrich August Naubert (1839 - 1897), "Umsonst", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1881 [soprano and piano], Kassel, Voigt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti

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