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by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm

Wenn ich ein rothes Röslein wär'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn ich ein rothes Röslein wär',
Da spräch' ich zu den Bienen:
Holt anderswo den Honig her,
Ich kann damit nicht dienen!

Wenn ich ein rothes Röslein wär',
Ich spräch' zum Käferleine:
Um andere Blumen schwärmt, mein Herr,
Ich blüh' für mich alleine.

Wenn ich ein rothes Röslein wär',
So blüht' ich meine Tage,
Und wenn die Frist verstrichen wär',
Verwelkt' ich ohne Klage!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Eligius Franz Joseph, Freiherr von Münch-Bellinghausen (1806 - 1871), as Friedrich Halm, no title, appears in Margot's Lieder - Aus dem frühesten Entwurfe des dramatischen Gedichtes "Wildfeuer", no. 1 [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 Louis Samson , "Wenn ich ein rothes Röslein wär", published 1873 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte. I. Reihe, Heft I, no. 2, Dresden, Arnold  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-07-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 64

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