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by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)

Am Golfe von Biskaya
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Am Golfe von Biskaya
Hat sie den Tag erblickt;
Sie hat schon in der Wiege
Zwei junge Katzen erdrückt.

Sie lief mit bloßen Füßen
Wohl über die Pyrenän;
Drauf ließ sie als junge Riesin
In Perpignan sich sehn.

Jetzt ist sie die größte Dame
Im Faubourg Saint-Denis;
Sie kostet dem kleinen Sir William
Schon dreizehntausend Louis.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, appears in Neue Gedichte, in Verschiedene, in Diana, no. 2 [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 Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Am Golfe von Biskaya " [ voice and piano ], from Diana, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Don Forsythe (1932 - 2015), "Am Golfe von Biskaya", 2007, published c2007-8 [ high voice and piano ], from Verschiedene : vol. 1, Seraphine-Hortense, no. 26 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-11-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

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