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Das Alter ist ein höflich Mann: Einmal übers andre klopft er an; Aber nun sagt niemand: Herein! Und vor der Türe will er nicht sein. Da klingt er auf, tritt ein so schnell, Und nun heißts, er sei ein grober Gesell.
Authorship
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Das Alter", 1989 [medium voice or high voice and piano], from Goethe-lieder, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Old Age", copyright © 1989, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-13
Line count: 6
Word count: 41
Old Age is a courteous gentleman: again and again he knocks. But nowadays no one says: come in! And he doesn't want to be in front of the door. So he rings and enters quickly, and then people claim he is a coarse fellow.
Authorship
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Old Age", copyright © 1989, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 6
Word count: 44