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In einem kleinen Städtchen, Am Tor im kleinsten Haus, Da schaut ein kleines Mädchen Vom Fenster nach mir aus! Und an dem kleinen Örtchen Hat sie mich - habt wohl acht! Just mit dem kleinsten Wörtchen Zum Seligsten gemacht! Im Abendsonnenstrahle Da raunte sie mir's zu Verschämt zum ersten Male, Das kleine Wörtchen "Du!"
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Note: Sommer's Werkverzeichnis indicates only that the author is "J. Freund"Authorship
- possibly by Julius Freund (1862 - 1914) [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 Hans August Friedrich Zincke genannt Sommer (1837 - 1922), "Du", op. 22 (Zwei Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1893), published 1894 [ medium voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Felix von Woyrsch (1860 - 1944), "Ein kleines Wörtchen", op. 26 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
In a little town, In the smallest house at the gate, There a little maiden Keeps watch for me from her window! And at that little place She -- mark it well! -- with the smallest Word made me into The happiest of men! In the beams of the evening sun She murmured it to me Bashfully for the first time; The little word "you!"
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Translations of title(s):
"Du" = "You"
"Ein kleines Wörtchen" = "A little word"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2020 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) possibly by Julius Freund (1862 - 1914)
This text was added to the website: 2020-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 63