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by Heinrich Schmidt (1779 - 1857)

Werd' ich nicht getragen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Werd' ich nicht getragen,
trag' auch ich nicht schwer.
Ohne Furcht und [Zagen]1
schreit' ich leicht einher!

Nicht von Sorg' umgeben,
die den Reichen bleicht,
leb' ich mir das Leben ,
[atm' ich froh]2 und leicht!

Hab' ich auch nur wenig,
hab' ich's doch gerecht!
Glücklich, wenn kein König,
bin ich auch kein Knecht!

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•   B. Randhartinger 

B. Randhartinger sets stanzas 1, 3, 2

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Confirmed with Erinnerungen eines weimarischen Veteranen von Heinrich Schmidt, Leipzig, 1856.

1 Randhartinger: "ohne Zagen"
2 Randhartinger: "atme frei"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Schmidt (1779 - 1857) ( Schmidt ) , "Der Wanderer", appears in Erinnerungen eines weimarischen Veteranen, Leipzig, first published 1856 [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 Moritz, Graf von Dietrichstein (1775 - 1864), "Der leichte Wanderer", 1818 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benedikt Randhartinger (1802 - 1893), "Der Wanderer", stanzas 1,3,2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2023-01-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

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