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by Christian Karl Ernst Wilhelm Buri (1758 - 1820)

Hexenballade
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Als noch in jener alten Zeit,
Bei Lustgelag und Tanz,
Im rotverbrämten Galakleid,
Mit Pferdefuß und Schwanz

Herr Satanas um Mitternacht
Sich manchen Teufelsspaß gemacht.
In dieser Zeit gescha's einmal, 
Daß sich dem Seelendieb

Ein altes Weib aus freier Wahl,
Mit Seel und Leib verschrieb;
Die Handschrift war, wie sichs gebührt,
Mit lauter Menschenblut mundirt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Karl Ernst Wilhelm Buri (1758 - 1820) [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 Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760 - 1802), "Hexenballade", published 1805, from the collection Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft VII, no. 12. [
     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: 12
Word count: 55

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