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by Johann Konrad Grübel (1736 - 1809)

A Schlosser haut an G'sell'n g'hat
Language: German (Deutsch) 
A Schlosser haut an G'sell'n g'hat,
Der haut su longsam g'feilt,
Und wenn er z'Mittog g'ess'n haut,
Dau ober haut er g'eilt.
Der eiherst in der Schüssel drin,
Der letzt ah wieder drauß,
Es iß ka Mensch su fleißi g'west
Ban Tisch, [in]1 ganzen Hauß. 

Öiz haut a maul der Master g'sagt:
G'sell!  dös versteh ih nith,
Es iß doch su mei Lebta g'west,
Und weil ih denk, die Ried:
Su wöi mer erbet ißt mer ah;
Ba dir geihts nith a su,
Su longsam haut noh kahner g'feilt,
Und ißt su g'schwind wöi du.

Ja, sagt der G'sell:  döß waß ih scho,
Haut all's sein gout'n Grund,
Des Ess'n wörd halt goar nith lang,
Die Ärbet verzi Stund.
Wenn aner möist an ganz'n Tog
In an Stück ess'n fort,
Thät's af die Letzt su longsam geih,
Als wöi ban Feil'n dort.

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Confirmed with Grübels Gedichte in Nürnberger Mundart, zweites Bändchen, zweite Auflage, Nürnberg: Johann Lorenz Schmidmer, 1811, pages 24 - 25.

Note: according to catalogs, Banck's setting begins "Ein Schlosser hat ein G'sellen g'habt".

1 [sic]; but in a few editions, this is "in"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Konrad Grübel (1736 - 1809), "Der Schlosser und sein Gesell " [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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Der Schlosser und sein Gesell" [ voice, unaccompanied ], confirmed with Die deutschen Volkslieder mit ihren Singweisen, zweite Ausgabe in einem Bande, 1843, ed. by Ludwig Erk und Wilhelm Irmer, Leipzig: Bernhard Hermann, no. 48, pages 50 - 51 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Der Schlossergeselle", op. 81 (Vier heitere Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1885 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Hoffarth [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Karl Gottlieb Reissiger (1798 - 1859), "A Schlosser haut an G'sell'n g'hat", op. 14 (2 Gesänge für Bass mit Pianofortebegleitung ) no. 1, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), [adaptation] ; composed by Karl Friedrich Zelter.
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Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-05-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 143

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