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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Ik heb zoo lang
 (Sung text for setting by I. Mortelmans)
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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Ik heb zoo lang, zoo erre gegaan,
gezocht en niet gevonden;
ik ben, eilaas, te verre gegaan,
en 't onspeur ingeblonden!
En had daar niet uw' sterre gestaan,
Maria, eer veel stonden,
zoo bleef ik in de werre, in den waan
en in de dood verslonden!

Composition:

    Set to music by Ivo Oscar Mortelmans (1901 - 1984), "Ik heb zoo lang", 1954 [ mixed chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1871?, appears in Tijdkrans, first published 1893

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 46

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