by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)
Ei, du Lütte, Söte, Witte
Language: Plattdeutsch
Our translations: ENG
Ei, du Lütte, Söte, Witte, Ei du Lütte, weerst du min! Wull di hȩgen, wull di plȩgen, Schust min Schatz, min Demant sin! Och, ik kik di dœr de Ogen Bet int stille Hart hinin: Ob't ni sin kunn, Lütte, Witte, Ob't ni sin kunn, du weerst min! All wat schön is, all wat smuck is, Och, ik seeg dat all darin! Funn ik blot darin, du Lütte, Ok dat Beste: du weerst min! Ei, du Lütte, Söte, Witte, Ei du Lütte, weerst du min! Wull di plȩgen, wull di hȩgen, Schust min Schatz, min Demant sin!
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke. Zweiter Band. Quickborn II, Kiel und Leipzig, Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1893, page 215.
Text Authorship:
- by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title, appears in Quickborn II, in Ei, du Lütte, no. 1, first published 1888 [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 Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg (1874 - 1951), "Ei, du Lütte", 1894-7? [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "Oh, you little one", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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