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by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908)

Die erste alte Tante sprach
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Die erste alte Tante sprach:
«Wir müssen nun auch dran denken,
Was wir zu ihrem Namenstag
Dem guten Sophiechen schenken.»

Drauf sprach die zweite Tante kühn:
«Ich schlage vor, wir entscheiden
Uns für ein Kleid in Erbsengrün,
Das mag Sophiechen nicht leiden.»

Der dritten Tante war das recht:
«Ja», sprach sie, «mit gelben Ranken!
Ich weiß, sie ärgert sich nicht schlecht
Und muß sich auch noch bedanken.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Busch (1832 - 1908), no title, appears in Kritik des Herzens [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Drei alte Tanten", 2013 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Helmut Fritsche (1907 - 1964), "Die erste alte Tante sprach", op. 76 (Lieder nach Texten von Wilhelm Busch aus "Kritik des Herzens") no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 67

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