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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)

O fände für mich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
O fände für mich
Ein Bräutigam sich!
Wie schön [ist's nicht]1 da!
Man nennt uns Mama;
Da braucht man zum Nähen,
Zur Schul' nicht zu gehen;
Da kann man befehlen,
Hat Mägde, darf schmälen,
Man wählt sich die Kleider,
Nach Gusto den Schneider;
Da läßt man spazieren,
Auf Bälle sich führen,
Und fragt nicht erst lange
Papa und Mama.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   B. Breitkopf •   C. Loewe 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Goethe, Dritte Auflage, Berlin, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1873, pages 425-426.

1 Breitkopf, Loewe: "wär es"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mädchenwünsche" [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 Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf (1749 - 1820), "Wunsch eines jungen Mädchen", published 1770 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Oskar von Chelius (1859 - 1923), "Wunsch eines jungen Mädchens", op. 13 (Drei Gedichte von Goethe für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Mädchenwünsche", op. 151 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Mädchenwünsche", op. 9, Heft 8 no. 4 (1833) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Eduard Walter , "Mädchenwünsche", op. 17 no. 1, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Mädchenlieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Leipzig, Bosworth & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wendelin Weißheimer (1838 - 1910), "Mädchenwünsche" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , John Versmoren , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 60

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