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Jägerlied

Language: German

Kein' bess're Lust in dieser Zeit,
Als durch den Wald zu dringen,
Wo Drossel singt und Habicht schreit,
Wo Hirsch' und Rehe springen.

O säss' mein Lieb' im Wipfel grün,
Tät' wie 'ne Drossel schlagen!
O spräng' es, wie ein Reh' dahin,
Daß ich es könnte jagen!


Authorship

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) , "Jägerlied", op. 4 (Seks Digte af H. Heine, L. Uhland og A. von Chamisso) no. 4 (1863-4), published 1864.
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