Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen [aufs]1 Herze mein; -
Ach, hörst du, wie's [pochet]2 im Kämmerlein?
Da hauset ein Zimmermann schlimm und arg,
Der zimmert mir einen Totensarg.

[Es]3 hämmert und klopfet bei Tag und bei Nacht;
[Es]3 hat mich schon längst um den Schlaf gebracht.
Ach! sputet Euch, Meister Zimmermann,
Damit ich [balde]4 schlafen kann.

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Note: first titled "Der Zimmermann"; later titled "Holzmeyer"
¹ Medtner: "auf" [sic]
² Lange-Müller: "pocht"
³ Lange-Müller: "Er"
⁴ Lachner: "bald"; Franz: "nun balde"

Text Authorship:

• by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856), no title, written 1817, appears in Buch der Lieder, in Junge Leiden, in Lieder, no. 4, first published 1827 [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 Károly Aggházy (1855 - 1918), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 31 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1898 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kiesler [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Oskar Alwin (1891 - 1945), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", from Sechs Lieder, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Blagoje Bersa (1873 - 1934), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 66 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl August Bertelsmann (1811 - 1861), "Meister Zimmermann" [ alto or baritone and piano ], from Vier Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gerard Bunk (1888 - 1958), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 39 (Vier Lieder : nach Texten verschiedener Dichter) no. 3, published c1911 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 57(31) (1879) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Claussnitzer (1867 - 1924), "Der Zimmermann", op. 13 (Drei ernste Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul Claussnitzer (1867 - 1924), "Der Zimmermann", op. 2 (Sieben kleine Chöre für vier Männerstimmen) no. 7, published 1896 [ four-part men's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Loebel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Leslie Crabtree (b. 1941), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen", from Liederkreis, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Dessauer (1798 - 1876), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze " [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Heinrich Döring (1834 - 1916), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 15 no. 5, published 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Dichtungen von Heinrich Heine, für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, no. 5, Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen", 1846, published 1892 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Otto Johann Anton Dütsch (1823 - 1863), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze " [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Gustav Ebell , "Lied: von Heine", op. 1 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Karl Anton Florian Eckert (1820 - 1879), "Lied", op. 28 (Sechs Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rachel van Embden (1870 - ?), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 4 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Emmerich (1836 - 1891), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 9 (Acht Gesänge) no. 5, published 1858 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Gottlieb Erfurt (1807 - 1856), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", from Deutsche Lieder (Zweite Sammlung), no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Richard Farber (b. 1945), "Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze mein" [ voice and piano ], from Buch der Lieder - Junge Leiden - Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "Lieb' Liebchen!", op. 17 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Fried , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 4 no. 5, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Heine-Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Wien, Haslinger [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan Karol Gall (1856 - 1912), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
• by Josef Gauby (1851 - 1932), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 14 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1882 [ voice and piano ], Breslau, Hainauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Giovanni Battista Gordigiani (1795 - 1871), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Eduard August Grell (1800 - 1886), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen", op. 1 (Fünf Gesänge) no. 2, published 1837 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
• by Rich. Grelling , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 4 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Paez [sung text not yet checked]
• by Christian Friedrich Grimmer (1798 - 1850), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 5 (Acht Lieder von Heinrich Heine) no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Gustav Haug (1871 - 1956), "Das pochende Herz", op. 7 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph Hellmesberger, jun. (1855 - 1907), "Lieb' Liebchen", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 4, Wien, Schreiber  [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl Hennig (1819 - 1873), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 83 (Vier Lieder) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hans Heinrich XIV, Graf Bolko von Hochberg (1843 - 1926), "Meister Zimmermann", op. 39 (Drei Lieder von Heine) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Émile Jaques-Dalcroze (1865 - 1950), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 15 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1892 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Bernhard Jestl (b. 1960), "Lieb Liebchen", 1986 [ tenor and chamber ensemble ], from Heine-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl) Emil Kauffmann (1836 - 1909), "Lieb Liebchen leg's Händchen", op. 10 (Vier Lieder / 4 Gedichte) no. 2 (1868) [ low voice and piano ], Stuttgart, Zumsteeg [sung text not yet checked]
• by B. Kreutzer , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 9 (Vier Lieder von Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Lied", op. 17 (Fünf Lieder für eine Sopran- oder Tenorstimme mit Pianoforte und ein 3stimmiger Kanon) no. 2 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Paul Lachner (1803 - 1890), "Der Zimmermann", op. 49 (Sechs deutsche Gesänge) no. 5 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Der Zimmermann", op. 27 no. 3 (1885), published <<1890 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs ernste Lieder von Heinrich Heine und Paul Heyse, no. 3, Copenhagen, Hofmusikhandelens Forlag [sung text not yet checked]
• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", published 1888, from Album of 8 German Songs, no. 6, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801 - 1878), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze", 1870-1880 [ voice and piano ], from Sånger och Visor vid Pianoforte. Efterlemnade Sånger, no. 196 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Löwenberg , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", from Acht Lieder von Heine, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Fritz Marcks , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 10 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (1880 - 1951), "Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze mein", op. 12 (Drei Gedichte von Heine = Три стихотворения Гейне (3 stikhotvorenija Geine)) no. 1 (1907), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arnold Mendelssohn (1855 - 1933), "Der Zimmermann", from Lieder und Gesänge, no. 9 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Klaus Miehling (b. 1963), "Der Zimmermann", op. 339 (Acht Lieder nach Heinrich Heine) no. 7 (2022) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ivan Alexandrovich Pomazansky (1848 - 1918), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Emma Raddatz , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen", op. 1 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Reisenauer (1863 - 1907), "Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen", published 1896, from Traurige Lieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Meister Zimmermann", op. 8 (6 Lieder für Sopran) no. 4, published 1869 [ soprano and piano ], Bielefeld, Sulzer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Georg Rijken (1863 - 1948), "Lieb Liebchen", op. 4 ([Vier] Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Rotterdam, Lichtenauer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jakob Rosenhain (1813 - 1894), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 21 (Sechs Lieder ) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Samson , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. II. Reihe, Heft V, no. 3, Dresden, Arnold [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ernst Schauss (1882 - 1953), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", from Sieben Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maria Elisabeth, Gräfin von Schlik zu Bassano und Weisskirchen (1790 - 1855), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Louis Schlottmann (1826 - 1905), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 10 (Sieben Lieder) no. 3, published 1859 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Lieb' Liebchen", op. 24 no. 4 (1840), published 1840 [ voice and piano ], from Liederkreis von Heinrich Heine, no. 4, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Lieb Liebchen leg's Händchen auf's Herze mein", published 1859, from Heidenröslein : Liederzyklus nach Heine, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Alfred Steinmann (flourished c1884-1906), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
• by Julius Stern (1820 - 1883), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 14 (Deutsche Gesänge), Heft 2 no. 2, published 1843 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein und Co. [sung text not yet checked]
• by Carl (Karl) Stiehl (1826 - 1911), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 2 (Lieder und Gesänge) no. 4 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 76 (1936), published 1972 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Korstiaan Stougie (1908 - 1988), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 1 (124 liederen : 1925-1969) no. 89 (1947) [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 12 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Th. Trendelenburg , "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder von H. Heine) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Friedrich Hieronymus Truhn (1811 - 1886), "Holzmeyer", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder) no. 5, published 1834 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig: F. Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
• by Frank Valentin Van der Stucken (1858 - 1929), "Lieb' Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze mein", op. 5 (Neun Gesänge) no. 3 (1879), published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner, also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ignaz J. Waghalter (1882 - 1949), "Lieb Liebchen, leg's Händchen aufs Herze ", op. 7 (Lieder) no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Der Zimmermann", op. 45 (Acht Lieder für mittlere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1884 [ medium voice and piano ], München, Aibl  [sung text not yet checked]

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• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Lief liefje, voel 't hart eens", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dear sweetheart, lay your hand on my heart", copyright ©
• ENG English [singable] (Daniel Platt) , "My dear, lay your hand here", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Chère bien‑aimée, pose tes petites mains sur mon cœur", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Amore mio, posa la mano sul mio cuore", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 54

Leg, liefjen, dijn handjen op't harte mijn;
Ach, hoors du hoe't klopt in het kamerkijn?
Daar woont er een timmerman zoo vol list,
Die timmert mij eene doodenkist.

Het klopt er bij dag en bij nacht steeds voort,
Het heeft er al lang mijne rust gestoord.
Ach haast u toch, meester timmerman,
Dat ik in vrede slapen kan.