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So hab' ich doch die ganze Woche Mein feines Liebchen nicht geseh'n, Ich sah es an einem Sonntag Wohl vor der Türe steh'n: Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein, Das tausendschöne Herzelein, Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr! So will mir doch die ganze Woche Das Lachen nicht vergeh'n, Ich sah es an einem Sonntag Wohl in die Kirche geh'n: Das tausendschöne Jungfräulein, Das tausendschöne Herzelein, Wollte Gott, wollte Gott, ich wär' heute bei ihr!
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Text Authorship:
- by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Sonntag", Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1844-5 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sonntag", op. 47 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 3 (1859), published 1868, first performed 1871 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Rudolf Gritzner , "Sonntag" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Sonntag", op. 39 (Volksthümliche Lieder für 2 Singstimmen mit Begleitung des Pianoforte (ad lib.)) no. 4, published 1847 [ vocal duet with piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Sonntag", op. 226 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Volkslied", published 1869 [ four-part men's chorus ], Breslau, Leuckart ; in Deutsche Sängerhalle, indicated as op. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erik Meyer-Helmund (1861 - 1932), "Sonntag", op. 61 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rob. Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Sonntag", op. 98 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 3 (1906) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Sonntag", 1940, rev. 1981, from Drei Volkslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) (Steven Ang 洪光宇) , "星期日", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sunday", copyright ©
- ENG English [singable] (Shula Keller) , "Sunday", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dimanche", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Domenica", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 75
This whole week, I have not Seen my delicate sweetheart. I saw her on Sunday, Standing in front of the door: That thousand-times beautiful girl, That thousand-times beautiful heart, Would, God, I were with her today! This whole week, my laughing Has not ceased; I saw her on Sunday, Going to church: That thousand-times beautiful girl, That thousand-times beautiful heart, Would, God, I were with her today!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787 - 1862), "Sonntag", Alte hoch- und niederdeutsche Volkslieder, Stuttgart and Tübingen, first published 1844-5
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 67