Hott skal eg gjere med nettan mine, du? Du skal sova i den eine og vaka i dei sju! Men dagan er so lange, dei tek aller slutt! Du skal vente i dei mange og liva i ei stutt!
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Text Authorship:
- by Aslaug Vaa (1889 - 1965) [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 Geirr Tveitt (1908 - 1981), "Vaka og vente", 1967 [sung text checked 1 time]
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