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Artist: Carl Orff
Canonical path: /orff-carl/olim-lacus-colueram
Related lyric paths: 6
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Olim Lacus Colueram
Read Olim Lacus Colueram lyrics by Carl Orff on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Olim Lacus Colueram
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Olim lacus colueram,
olim pulcher extiteram,
dum cignus ego fueram.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
Girat, regirat garcifer;
me rogus urit fortiter;
propinat me nunc dapifer.
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
Nunc in scutella iaceo,
et volitare nequeo,
dentes frendentes video:
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter.
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Carl Orff performs "Olim Lacus Colueram", and this lyric page sits inside the Carl Orff catalog on LyroVerse.
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