"Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär Und auch zwei Flüglein hätt, Flög ich zu dir; Weil’s aber nicht kann seyn, Bleib ich allhier."
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See also Herder's Volkslieder, vol. 1 (1778), p. 67
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Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte deutsche Lieder ("The Boy's Magic Horn: Old German Songs") is a collection of German folk poems and songs edited by and , and published in , . The book was published in three volumes: the first in 1805 followed by two more in 1808.
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