Ik weet en Leed, wat Niemand weet

Ik weet en Leed, wat Niemand weet,
Dat lehr ik vun Klaus Groth:
Ik schull min Hanna den Strump opbinn,
Un kreeg er bi den Foot.

by Klaus Groth (1819-1899) , from Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Vaer de Gaern

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

by Ingeborg (Starck) Bronsart von Schellendorf (1840-1913) , "Ik weet en Leed, wat Niemand weet", op. 17 (Zwölf Kinderreime) no. 1. [voice and piano]

GER German [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
ENG English [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

Date added to the website: 2009-05-08.

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Claus Groth's Song

I know a song that no one knows,
Claus Groth alone doth know,
In putting Jenny's stockings on,
I caught her by the toe.

Singable translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , M. v. Z., "Claus Groth's Song"

a text in Plattdeutsch by Klaus Groth (1819-1899) , from Quickborn: Volksleben in Plattdeutschen Gedichten ditmarscher Mundart, in Vaer de Gaern GER

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Date added to the website: 2009-08-22.