[Könnst]1 du meine Äuglein [sehen]2,
Wie sie sind vom Weinen roth,
Ich soll in das Kloster gehen,
Und allein seyn bis in Tod.

Es sitzen auch zwey [Turteltäublein]3
Drüben auf [dem]4 grünen Ast,
Wenn die von einander scheiden,
So vergehen Laub und Gras.

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¹ Wurm: "Könnt'st"
² Elling, Franz: "seh'n"
³ Franz, Wurm: "Turteltäubelein"
⁴ Franz, Wurm: "einem"

Authorship

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "Rothe Äuglein", appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, first published 1811 [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 Gustav Eggers (1835 - 1861), "Rothe Äuglein", op. 10 (Sechs Lieder im Volkston) no. 5, published 1860. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Rote Äuglein", 1887-88 [voice and piano], from Lieder aus des Knaben Wunderhorn I, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Rote Äugelein", op. 23 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1855 [voice and piano], Leipzig, Whistling [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Karl Horwitz, né Curt Horwitz (1884 - 1925), "Rothe Äuglein", op. 3 (Drei Gedichte) no. 3, published 191-? [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Bruno Ramann (1832 - 1897), "Rothe Äuglein", op. 67 no. 11, published 1887 [voice and piano], from Spielmanns-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung, no. 11, Leipzig, W. Dietrich [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Ewald Straesser (1867 - 1933), "Rothe Äuglein", op. 3 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1896 [voice and piano], Köln, vom Ende [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Rote Äuglein", op. 30 no. 2, published 1875 [vocal duet for soprano and mezzo-soprano (or alto) with piano ; or voice and piano], from Deutsche und slavische Volkspoesien für 1 oder 2 Singstimme (Sopran und Mezzo-Sopran oder Alt) mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Leipzig, Kahnt [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Stefan Wolpe (1902 - 1972), "Rothe Äuglein", 1920. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Mary Wurm (1860 - 1938), "Rote Äuglein", op. 25 (Neun Lieder) no. 8, published 1892 [voice and piano], Berlin, Georg Plothow [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Red eyes", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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