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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Nach meiner Lieb viel hundert Knaben...
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Nach meiner Lieb viel hundert Knaben trachten,
Allein der, den ich lieb, will mein nicht achten,
Ach weh mir armen Maid, vor Leid muß ich verschmachten. 

Jeder begehrt zu mir sich zu verpflichten,
Allein der, den ich lieb, tut mich vernichten,
Ach weh mir armen Maid, was soll ich dann anrichten. 

All andre tun mir Gutes viel verjehen,
Allein der, den ich lieb, mag mich nicht sehen,
Ach weh mir armen Maid, wie muß mir dann geschehen. 

Von allen keiner mag mir widerstreben,
Allein der, den ich lieb, will sich nicht geben,
Ach weh mir armen Maid, was soll mir dann das Leben.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title, appears in Des Knaben Wunderhorn, in Liebesklagen des Mädchens, no. 1 [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 Hermann Theodor Otto Grädener (1844 - 1929), "Ach we mir armen maid", op. 10 (Sieben Lieder für Alt mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1880 [ alto and piano ], Wiener-Neustadt, Wedl  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by (Isador) George Henschel (1850 - 1934), "Liebesklagen des Mädchens I", op. 24 no. 1, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Thüringer Waldblumen (II. Folge): Lieder im Volkston mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Breitkopf [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Willi Sendt (1907 - 1952), "Nach meiner Lieb", copyright © 1956 [ voice and piano ], from Sechzehn Lieder, no. 8, Rodenkirchen : P. J. Tonger Musikverlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Nach meiner Lieb viel hundert Knaben trachten", Lieder no. 41, published 1914 [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: 103

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