Wenn ich früh in den Garten geh'
In meinem grünen Hut,
Ist mein erster Gedanke,
Was nun mein Liebster tut?
Am Himmel [ist]1 kein Stern,
Den ich dem Freund nicht gönnte.
Mein Herz gäb' ich ihm gern,
Wenn ich's heraus tun könnte.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Volksliedchen", 1850 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich August Hering (1819 - 1889), "Wenn ich früh in den Garten geh' ", op. 2 (Fünf Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Volksliedchen", op. 51 (Lieder und Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier (Heft 2)) no. 2 (1840), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Wenn ich fruh' in den Garten geh'", 1940, rev. 1981, from Drei Volkslieder, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Friedrich Zöllner (1800 - 1860), "Volksliedchen", published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Liebesfrühling von Fr. Rückert. 9 Lieder , no. 3, Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Volksliedje", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Volksliedje", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Folksong", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Petit chant populaire", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
Early, when I go out into the garden
In my green hat,
My first thought is
What my beloved is doing right now?
There is no star in the heavens
That I would begrudge him.
My heart I would gladly give him,
If I could take it out of my breast.