Es war mal eine Wanze

Es war mal eine Wanze,
Die ging, die ging auf's Ganze.
Gab einen Duft, der nie verflog,
Und sog und sog.
Doch Musici,
Die packten sie
Und knackten sie.
Und als die Wanze starb und stank,
Ein Lobgesang zum Himmel drang.

by Alfred Kerr (1867-1948)

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

by Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) , no title, op. 66 no. 9 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 9.

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