Gij zegt dat 't vlaamsch te niet zal gaan:
't en zal!
dat 't waalsch gezwets zal boven slaan:
't en zal!
Dat hopen, dat begeren wij:
dat zeggen en dat zweren wij:
zoo lange als wij ons weren, wij:
't en zal, 't en zal,
't en zal!

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Spelling changes used by Bonné: Gij -> Ge ; lange -> lang
Spelling changes used by Vis: vlaamsch -> Vlaams; waalsch -> Waals; zoo -> zo

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1860? [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 J. Bonné , "'t En zal", 1937 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jan Brouns , "'t En zal ", 1944 [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arthur Meulemans (1884 - 1966), "'t En zal", subtitle: "Strijdkreet", 1911 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ivo Oscar Mortelmans (1901 - 1984), "'t en Zal!", 1942 [ voice, unaccompanied ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "Vlaamsch Motto", 1919 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jo Van Eetvelde , "Gij zegt", 1959 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jef Van Hoof (1886 - 1959), "Strijdkreet ('t En zal)" [ women's chorus or men's chorus and brass and percussion ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Pieter Vis , "Gij zegt … " [ four-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Gij zegt dat 't Vlaamsch" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-22
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