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by Kristofer Janson (1841 - 1917)

Vesle Gut
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Vesle Gut sit paa Tuva
med Taaror paa si Kinn.
Gud hjelpe den, som liten er,
han ingen Stad slepp inn.

Gud hjelpe den, som liten er,
kvat kann jan setja mot,
dei spenna til honnom, store, smaa,
og traka honnom med Fot.

I gaar so dengde meg no han Fa'r,
i dag so vart det ho Mo'r,
og Bertel meg radt paa Skogen dreiv,
og Bikkja beit daa eg for.

Og kvart i Verdi du enn deg snur,
dei smaa verda skremde i Baas,
for Bjørnen slår Labb i Reven sitt skinn,
men Reven tek feitta Gaas.

Sjølv Sporven Stakkar med Fjødrom graa,
fær aldrig vera i Ro,
han sit der syngjande paa sin Kvist,
til Hauken kjem med si Klo.

Skal alltid eg vera vesle Gut
kvar kjem eg vel av tilslut?
eg smyg inkje vel gjennom Verdi fram
med berre Taaror og Sut.

Skal alltid eg vera vesle Gut,
Vaarherre fær berga meg,
han hjelper vel den som Liten er,
han tek meg vel inn aat seg.

Text Authorship:

  • by Kristofer Janson (1841 - 1917), "Vesle Gut", from Fraa Folkalivet, first published 1867 [author's text not yet checked 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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Vesle Gut", EG 129 (1866) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 170

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