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by Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 - 1872)

De snækker mødtes i kvæld på hav
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
De snækker mødtes i kvæld på hav,
og luften begyndte at gløde. 
De leged alt over den åbne grav,
og bølgerne gjordes så røde. 

Her er jeg sat til en bavtasten
at vidne for slægter i Norden:
Danske de vare, hvis møre ben
under mig smuldre i jorden,
danske af tunge, af æt og af id,
thi skal de nævnes i løbende tid
fædrenes værdige sønner.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 - 1872), first published 1810 [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "De snækker mødtes i kvæld på hav", CNW 248, FS 95 no. 11 (1921), published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Folkelige Melodier, no. 11, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 66

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