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by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif

Was hat der Hahn gekräht?
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was hat der Hahn gekräht?
Den Morgen.
Sag' an, o Herz,
Voll Leid und Schmerz,
Was dir den Tag verräth? --
Die Sorgen.

Die Sorgen sind mein Hahn,
Der flattert,
Wenn es nur graut,
Kein Vöglein laut,
Da fängt der Hahn schon an
Und gattert.

Lieb' hat ein Hähnlein roth
Und munter,
Das kräht, wenn fern
Geht Stern an Stern
Still in das Morgenroth
Hinunter.

Leid hat ein Hähnlein grau,
Wie's meine.
Mein Ohr es traf
Im tiefen Schlaf,
Ich schau ins Morgengrau
Und weine.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Hermann Frey (1839 - 1911), as Martin Greif, no title, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder, in Der Frühhahn, 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 Fritz Kögel , "Der Frühhahn 1", op. 5 (Zwölf Gedichte von Martin Greif für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 8, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Max Zenger (1837 - 1911), "Der Frühhahn", op. 43 no. 1, published 1883 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Schlichte Liedlein für vierstimmigen Frauenchor, no. 1, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 84

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