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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Bøgetræet
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Høi og stolt jeg Kronen bar!
Ægte jo min Stamme var!
Mine Børn, de stolte Grene,
Havde Alting paa det Rene,
Fik ei Skjænd og fik ei Huk,
Drak kun Sol og Morgen-Dug;
Alt har jeg som Moder gjort!

De maae blive noget stort!
Tænkte jeg - det kan ei feile!
Som en Skibsmast, hver skal seile
Lystigt over salten Vande,
See og sees i fjerne Lande!
Men af tretten jeg har havt,
Een blev kun et Kosteskaft!

Gjærdestave blev de tre,
Men de ni, o bittre vee!
De fik dog den værste Ende,
De blev kun til Pindebrænde!

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Bøgetræet" [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 Johannes Fritz Emanuel Andersen (1829 - 1910), "Bøgetræet" [voice and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-21
Line count: 18
Word count: 98

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