Jeg skjærer mig en fløite, så spiller jeg og spiller en dum og fattig klage og ingen glade triller. For jeg er arm og ensom, ensom på alle veier, og fire falske toner er alt, min fløite eier. Så piper jeg min smerte ut av en billig fløite, som jeg har ødt mit hjerte for mangen munter tøite. Men det kan ikke nytte. Nu er det nat igjen, og jeg har ingen hytte og ingen liten ven.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arnulf Øverland (1889 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894 - 1969), "Landevei", op. 1 no. 6 (c1920) [sung text checked 1 time]
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