't Was in de blijde mei,
ei, ei,
't was in de blijde mei!
En, kommend achter 't land gegaan,
'k zag all de blijde blomkens staan:
't was in de blijde mei,
ei, ei,
't was in de blijde mei!

Spelling changes used by Lambrechts-Vos: blomkens -> blomkes
Spelling changes used by Simonart: blomkens -> bloemkes

Composition:

Set to music by Anna Catharina Lambrechts-Vos (1876 - 1932), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", op. 52 no. 3 (1914) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1860

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 41