Jeg ved en lærkerede jeg siger ikke mer; den findes på en hede et sted, som ingen ser. I reden er der unger og ungerne har dun. De pipper, de har tunger, og reden er så lun. Og de to gamle lærker, de flyver tæt omkring. Jeg tænker nok, de mærker, jeg gør dem ingenting. Jeg lurer bag en slåen. Dér står jeg ganske nær Jeg rækker mig på tåen og holder på mit vejr. For ræven han vil bide og drengen samle bær. Men ingen skal få vide, hvor lærkereden er.
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Text Authorship:
- by Harald Alfred Bergstedt (1877 - 1965), first published 1921 [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Jeg ved en lærkerede", FS. 114 no. 1 (1924), from Ti dansk Smaasange, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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