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by Alfred Beetschen

Wenn ich zwei Flügel hätt'
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn ich zwei Flügel hätt',
Meinst, ich würd' reisen!
Adlergleich ziehn in bedächtigen Kreisen?
Glaubst, ich entflöge dir -- husch! -- aus dem Bau?
Bist mir ein argwöhnisch Ding, du, -- schau, schau!

Mitten in Freud und Leid
Mag mir's behagen,
Dich in den Armen, was sollt' ich erjagen?
Bin ja kein flatterhaft thörichter Knab',
Wenn ich zwei Flügel hätt', -- schnitt' ich sie ab!

Text Authorship:

  • by Alfred Beetschen , "Wenn ich zwei Flügel hätt'" [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 Carl Julius Schmidt (1851 - 1917), "Wenn ich zwei Flügel hätt'", op. 18 (Zwei Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-27
Line count: 10
Word count: 61

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