Structure
The cycle consists of 11 songs:
- The Lament for the Dead Child
- The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt
- Lullaby
- Before a Long Parting
- A Warning
- The Abandoned Father
- The Song of Misery
- Winter
- A Good Life
- The Young Girl's Song
- Happiness
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