Weit von meinem Vaterlande

Weit von meinem Vaterlande 
Muß ich hier verschmachten und vergehn,
Ohne Trost in Müh und Schande;
Oh die weißen Männer! klug und schön!
Und ich hab' den Männern ohn' Erbarmen nichts getan.
Du im Himmel! hilf mir armen schwarzen Mann!
Denn ich hab den Männern ohn' Erbarmen nichts getan.

by Matthias Claudius (1740-1815)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) , "Der Schwarze in der Zuckerplantage", op. 52 no. 13 (1937), from Wandsbecker Liederbuch, no. 13.
by Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg (1760-1802) , "Mohrenlied", published 1803, from Kleine Balladen und Lieder, Heft V no. 39

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