Eine Pappel steht am Karlsplatz Mitten in der Trümmerstadt Berlin Und wenn Leute gehn übern Karlsplatz Sehen sie ihr freundlich Grün. In dem Winter sechsundvierzig Frorn die Menschen, und das Holz war rar Und es fielen da viele Bäume Und es wurd ihr letztes Jahr. Doch die Pappel dort am Karlsplatz Zeigt uns heute noch ihr grünes Blatt : Seid bedankt, Anwohner vom Karlplatz Daß man sie noch immer hat!
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Text Authorship:
- by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956) [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 Hanns Eisler (1898 - 1962), "Die Pappel vom Karlsplatz", 1949-1951, published 1959 [ voice and piano ], from Neue Kinderlieder, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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