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by Wilhelm Ange François Bastiaanse (1868 - 1947)

Koekoek
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Als de vroege koekoek roept
En de lijster, onder 't fluiten
Van de rode bessen snoept,
Loop ik ook mijn woning uit en
Fluit in zonnige' ochtend buiten,
Waar ik zoeter luiden zoek
Dan de lijsters kunnen fluiten,
Dan de koekoek roept: Koekóék !

Koekoek vroeg in 't koele bosch,
Lijster in de groene struiken,
Roep de blauwe blinden los
Die een venster hóóg beluiken,
Waar de wingerd-ranken sluiken
Bleek van blâren, teêr van tros,
Lijster in de groene struiken,
Koekoek roep de blinden los!

Confirmed with Gust. van Elring, Onze dichers, Meulenhoff & Co, 1908, page 246


Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Ange François Bastiaanse (1868 - 1947), "Koekoek" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Koekoek", 1901 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Henri C. van Praag , "Koekoek", 1963 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Harm Smedes , "Koekoek", copyright © 1940 [ mixed chorus ], Den Haag : Musico [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johanna Wagenaar (1900 - 1990), "Koekoek" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "Koekoek", 1968, from Tetraptiek, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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