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Author: Mrs. John P. Morgan

Texts set to music [warning - not necessarily comprehensive]

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Ah, life is planned so wretchedly, so sadly! ITA
Before ere the morn had dawn'd FRE
Fragrant and mild, the fair May night
He's wandering now in the world so wide DUT
How proud and stately is his bearing!
I saw him in sleep, Yea I saw him I knew FRE
In one year (In one year, sweetheart dear, in a year)
In one year, sweetheart dear, in a year
Margaretha (How proud and stately is his bearing! )
Margaretha (Two long days have slowly vanished )
Margaretha (He's wandering now in the world so wide) DUT
Not the dew and not the rain FRE
O do not turn thy face away!
On the sea the sun is lying
Two long days have slowly vanished
What is it father, what wrong is mine? FRE CZE
Wollt' er nur fragen (Wollt' er nur fragen, wollt' er nur fragen? ) - C. Goldmark, C. Bohm, C. Bohm, F. von Woyrsch, G. Henschel, W. Rischbieter SLN
Wollt' er nur fragen, wollt' er nur fragen? SLN
C. Goldmark, C. Bohm, C. Bohm, F. von Woyrsch, G. Henschel, W. Rischbieter: Wollt' er nur fragen

Young Werner (O do not turn thy face away! )
Young Werner (Ah, life is planned so wretchedly, so sadly! ) ITA
Young Werner (On the sea the sun is lying)
Young Werner and Margareta (Fragrant and mild, the fair May night)