Hoch in Lüften Vöglein [fliegen]1,
Singen im klaren Himmelsblau,
Höher noch die Englein schweben,
Singen in Paradieses Au!
Vöglein! senket das Gefieder,
Setzet euch zu mir ins Gras,
Englein schwebet zu mir nieder,
Singet mir vom Himmel was! 

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Text Authorship:

• by Franz Ludwig Evarist Alexander, Graf von Pocci (1807 - 1876), no title, appears in Dichtungen, in Kinderlieder, in Sprüche, no. 4, first published 1843 [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 Karl Heinrich Carsten Reinecke (1824 - 1910), "Vöglein und Englein", op. 75 (Zehn Kinderlieder) no. 6 (1860) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frédéric Louis Ritter (1826 - 1891), "Vöglein und Englein", op. 3, Heft 2 no. 7, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], from Kinder-Lieder, no. 7, Leipzig, Schuberth und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Moritz Scharf (1838 - 1908), "Kinderlied", op. 34 (Acht Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Haushahn Sort. [sung text not yet checked]

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