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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Brødre, meget langt herfra
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Brødre, meget langt herfra,
over salten vande,
rejser sig Amerika
med de gyldne strande,
det er der Fugl Fønix bor:
guld og sølv på marken gror,
og i skovens skygge
stegte duer bygge. 
Hvor frydeligt! 
Gud, hvor det er nydeligt! 
Skade, at Amerika
ligge skal så langt herfra! 

Der går solen aldrig ned,
stegt er hver kastanje,
der er alting kærlighed,
kilderne champagne. 
Gi'r man der sit hjerte hen,
får man straks to, tre igen,
og på mark og enge
blomstrer der kun penge. 
Hvor frydeligt! 
Gud, hvor det er nydeligt! 
Skade, at Amerika
ligge skal så langt herfra!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) [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 Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774 - 1842), "Brødre, meget langt herfra" [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: 24
Word count: 99

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