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by Aage Berntsen (1885 - 1952)

De gamle
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Mandskor (Male choir):
Så sætter vi piben i ovnens krog
og lukker den skindklædte bibelbog.
Det er den velsignede forårstid,
og gigten er bleven lidt mere blid.

Vi tager hinanden i trofast hånd,
hver finger er krum som en krøget vånd;
så vandrer vi sammen i sol og vind,
der luner det kuldskære, gamle skind.

Men når vi har rokket en lille tur,
så længes vi efter en lille lur,
for gammelfolk hælder mod støvet ned
og længes mod hvilen i evighed.

Text Authorship:

  • by Aage Berntsen (1885 - 1952) [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), "De gamle", op. 42 no. 3, FS. 96 no. 3 (1921), first performed 1922 [soli, chorus, and orchestra], from Fynsk Forår - Lyrisk Humoreske for Soli, Kor og Orkester, no. 3. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 82

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