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Frühlingsbotschaft

Language: German

Kuckuck, Kuckuck ruft aus dem Wald:
Lasset uns singen, 
[Tanzen und]1 springen!2
Frühling, Frühling wird es nun bald.

Kuckuck, Kuckuck läßt nicht sein Schrei'n:
[Komm]3 in die Felder, 
Wiesen und Wälder!
Frühling, Frühling, stelle dich ein!

Kuckuck, Kuckuck, trefflicher Held!
Was du gesungen, 
Ist dir gelungen:
Winter, Winter räumet das Feld.


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1 Schumann, Dresel: "Lasset uns"
2 Schumann adds here "Lasset uns singen und springen!"
3 Schumann, Dresel: "Komm"

Input by Margo Briessinck

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

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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