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by Bertolt Brecht (1898 - 1956)

Als ich dich gebar, schrie'n deine...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Als ich dich gebar, schrie'n deine Brüder schon
um Suppe und ich hatte sie nicht.
Als ich dich gebar, hatten wir kein Geld für den Gasmann,
so erblicktest du von der Welt wenig Licht.

Als ich dich trug all die Monate,
sprach ich mit deinem Vater über dich,
aber wir hatten das Geld nicht für den Doktor,
das brauchten wir für den Brot aufstrich. 

Als ich dich empfing, hatten wir fast schon
alle Hoffnung auf Brot und Arbeit begraben,
und nur bei Karl Marx und Lenin stand,
wie wir Arbeiter eine Zukunft haben.

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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), "Als ich dich gebar, schrie'n deine Brüder schon", from Vier Wiegenlieder für Arbeitermütter, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

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