Hoe zoet is 't tusschen broederen twee
te wandelen, te wandelen,
bemint men van de twee den een, 
den een gelijk den anderen; 
bemint men ze alle twee, en zij, 
[beminnen ze ook]1 malkanderen 
gebroederlijk; 't is zoet erbij 
te wandelen, te wandelen.

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Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title [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), "Hoe zoet is 't", 1933 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Röntgen (1898 - 1969), "Hoe zoet is 't" [ voice, women's chorus, and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "Hoe zoet is 't ", op. 52 no. 2 (1904), published 19--? [ voice and piano ], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 2, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [sung text checked 1 time]

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