Unter die Soldaten ist Ein Zigeunerbub' gegangen, Mit dem Handgeld ging er durch, Und morgen muß er hangen. Holten mich aus meinem Kerker, Setzten auf den Esel mich, Geißelten mir meine Schultern, Daß das Blut floß auf den Weg. Holten mich aus meinem Kerker, Stießen mich ins Weite fort, Griff ich rasch nach meiner Büchse, Tat auf sie den ersten Schuß.
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Note: Schumann's cycle is numbered in different ways in different editions, e.g., the edition edited by Clara Schumann uses 7a and 7b for the two Zigeunerlieder while many other editions use 7 and 8.
Confirmed with Spanisches Liederbuch von Emanuel Geibel und Paul Heyse, Dritte Auflage, Stuttgart und Berlin: J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung Nachfolger, 1904, page 205-206.
Authorship:
- by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Zigeunerliedchen I", op. 79 no. 7a[7] (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 7a[7], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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