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by Emil Rappaport (1842 - 1930)

Mir ist, als sollt' ich betteln geh'n
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mir ist, als sollt' ich betteln geh'n,
Von Haus zu Haus, von Ort zu Orte,
Am fremden Liebesthüren steh'n
Und lispeln scheue Bettelworte! 

Ja, bitten möcht' ich doch einmal
Den Lenz um eine frische Blüthe,
Die Sonn' um einen heißen Strahl,
So kalt, so welk ist mein Gemüthe.

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Confirmed with Pessimisten-Gesang (an anthology of poems), Minden i. W.: J. C. C. Bruns' Verlag, 1874, page 42.


Text Authorship:

  • by Emil Rappaport (1842 - 1930), "Verarmung" [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 Albert Felix, Graf Amadei (1851 - 1894), "Verarmt", op. 11 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1886 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-09-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 48

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