Viel krumme winkelige [Gänge]1 Durchschnörkeln die uralte Stadt Und jeder birgt seinen Zauber Verwoben in Balken und Blatt. Viel Efeugeschlinge hängen Am bröckligen Mauerrand, Der Brunnen inmitten des Marktes Trägt ein bemoostes Gewand. Der Wein im Rathauskeller Ist köstlich wie [Zaubertrunk]1. Du schlürfst ihn im uralten Städtchen Und bist so selig jung.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Hellmut Draws-Tychsen, Mein Westpreußenland: ein Cyclus Heimatlieder, Danzig: Danziger Verlags-Gesellschaft, 1929, page 21.
1 Gessinger: "Wege"2 Gessinger: "Zaubertrank"
Text Authorship:
- by Hellmut Draws-Tychsen (1904 - 1973), "Uraltes Städtchen ", written 1927, appears in Mein Westpreußenland: ein Cyclus Heimatlieder, first published 1929 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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