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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Ich ging lustig durch den grünen Wald
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich ging lustig durch den grünen Wald,
ich hört' die Vöglein singen.
Sie sangen so jung, sie sangen so alt,
die kleinen Waldvöglein im Wald;
wie gern hört' ich sie singen.

Auf, nun sing, nun sing, Frau Nachtigall,
sing du's bei meinem Feinsliebchen;
komm schier, komm schier, wenn's finster ist,
wenn niemand auf der Gassen ist,
herein will ich dich lassen.

Und der Tag verging, die Nacht brach an,
er kam zu Feinslieb gegangen.
Er klopft' so leis' wohl an den Ring:
Ei, schläfst du oder wachst du, Kind,
ich hab' so lang' gestanden!

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn [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 Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Ich ging lustig durch den grünen Wald", H-U 278 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-12-25
Line count: 15
Word count: 94

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