Bursche, schnür' den [Reisesack]1,
Teufel, hol' das ganze Pack,
Das Register
Der Philister,
So die Vettern, wie die Vasen,
Kurze Weisheit, lange Nasen --
Pack, Pack!
Bursche, schnür' den Reisesack!

O wie schüttl' ich all' den Staub
Dort in Licht und Luft und Laub;
In den Düften
Will ich's lüften,
Daß mein Herz in Frieden klinge,
Daß es gleich zum Himmel springe --
Staub, Staub,
Schüttl' ich rasch in Luft und Laub.

Bursche, schnür' den Reisesack,
Teufel hol' das ganze Pack,'
Weisheit sinnend,
Sorgen spinnend --
Hei, wie rauscht es durch die Blätter!
Gott befohlen, Muhm' und Vetter!
Pack, Pack!
Bursche, schnür' dm Reisesack!

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¹ Grädener: "Rucksack"; further changes may exist not noted above.

Text Authorship:

• by (Gustav) Hermann Kletke (1813 - 1886), no title [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 Max Joseph Beer (1851 - 1908), "Bursche, schnür' den Reisesack", op. 50 no. 2, published 1897 [ men's chorus or vocal quartet of male voices ], from Zwei Schelmenlieder für Männerchor (oder Quartett), no. 2, Wien, Rörich [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Georg Peter Grädener (1812 - 1883), "Bursche, schnür' den Rucksack!", op. 71 (Acht Lieder von Hermann Kletke) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Hamburg, Schuberth [sung text not yet checked]
• by August Schäffer (1814 - 1879), "Reiselied", op. 133a, published 1878 [ four-part men's chorus ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Bursche, schnür' den Reisesack", op. 126 (Vier Lieder für Bass mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1881 [ bass and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard Tauwitz (1812 - 1894), "Bursche, schnür' den Reisesack", op. 150 (Zwei Lieder für Männerchor) no. 2, published 1890 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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