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by Anton Müller (1792 - 1843)

O puer optime
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Süßes Kind in armer Krippe,
Gottessohn im Menschenkleide:
Deine honigsüße Lippe
küsst ich gerne mir zur Freude! 
Schum, schei schum...

Liebes, armes holdes Kindlein,
um vor Kälte dich zu retten,
möchte ich gern in Seidenwindlein 
deine zarten Glieder betten.
Schum, schei, schum...

Gern in einer goldnen Wiegen
möchte ich dich in Schlummer kosen: 
Und in meinem Herzen liegen
tätst du auf der Liebe Rosen! 
Schum, schei, schum...

Text Authorship:

  • by Anton Müller (1792 - 1843), "O puer optime" [author's text not yet checked 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 Joseph Haas (1879 - 1960), "O puer optime", op. 49 (Sechs Krippenlieder) no. 2, published 1919 [ medium voice (or children's chorus) and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-24
Line count: 15
Word count: 67

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