by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Das alte Lied
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Das alte Lied, das alte Lied, Das ew'ge Lied vom Unterschied: Wer nicht des Staates Glauben hat, An den auch glaubet nicht der Staat. Du ewig Lied vom Unterschied, Du altes unausstehlich Lied! Wann beugt doch Engel, Mensch und Vieh Vor Einem einz'gen Gott das Knie?
Text Authorship:
- by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Das alte Lied", appears in Unpolitische Lieder von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, in 1. Erster Theil, in 6. Sechste Sitzung, volume 1, Hamburg, first published 1841 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Das alte Lied", 2009 [medium voice or low voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The old song", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-25
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