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by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen

Leg' Du mich in den Sarg hinein
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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Leg' Du mich in den Sarg hinein, 
Schließ Du [den Deckel]1 zu, 
Und hinter meinem [Sarg allein]2
[Geh']3 Du  --  niemand als Du.
Den ich geliebt, und Leid's gethan
Warst Du  --  [und]4 Du allein . . . .
Komm' nie zu meinem Grabe, Mann,
Ich will vergessen sein.

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•   G. Hölzel 

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Confirmed with Aus der Asche. Neue Gedichte, Hamburg: Hoffman & Campe, 1870, page 87.

1 Hölzel: "allein ihn"
2 Hölzel: "Sarge drein"
3 Hölzel: "Nur"
4 Hölzel: "nur"

Text Authorship:

  • by Christiane Rosalia Friederik (1839 - 1901), as Ada Christen, no title, appears in Aus der Asche. Neue Gedichte, in Letzte Lieder, no. 9, Hamburg: Hoffman & Campe, first published 1870 [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 Gustav Adolph Hölzel (1813 - 1883), "Die letzte Bitte", op. 179 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1874 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Schreiber [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Melanie Trumbull , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2018-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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