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by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Willst du mit mir zieh'n?

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

  Willst du mit mir ziehn? --
Ja! -- Mit dir, mit dir 
Wird zur Heimath traut 
Auch die Fremde mir! 

  Willst du mit mir ziehn? --
Ja! -- Im Tod allein 
Unser Lebenspfad 
Soll geschieden sein! 

  Willst du mit mir ziehn? --
Ja! -- Durch Freud' und Leid! 
Bin mit Leib und Seel 
Dein in Ewigkeit!

  Willst du mit mir ziehn? --
Ja! -- Mit Herz und Mund! 
Amen! sage Gott
Nun und alle Stund!

Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 150.

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Willst du mit mir ziehn?", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 169 [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 Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "Willst du mit mir zieh'n?", op. 5 (Sieben Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 1, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Do you wish to come with me?", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-21
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Word count: 68

Do you wish to come with me?

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Do you wish to come with me?
Yes! -- With you, with you,
Even a foreign country
Would become my dear home!

  Do you wish to come with me?
Yes! -- Only by death alone
Shall our pathways in life
Be separated!

  Do you wish to come with me?
Yes! -- Through joy and sorrow!
With my body and soul
I am yours for all eternity!

  Do you wish to come with me?
Yes! -- With heart and lips!
May God say Amen!
Now and at every hour!

Text Authorship:

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Willst du mit mir ziehn?", appears in Liederbuch, in 2. Liebeslieder, no. 169
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 85