Mijn moeder zei | Mijn moeder zei dat ik nooit moest

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Lidy van Noordenburg

Gypsies in the Wood

(Sung text for setting by J. Frandsen)

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Language: English

Our translations: DUT

My mother said I never should
play with the gipsies in the wood.
 ... 
The wood was dark, the grass was green,
by came Sally with a tambourine.
I went to sea, no ship to get across,
so I paid a shilling for a blind white horse;
I upped on his back and was off in a crack.
Sally tell my mother that I’m never coming back.

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-2,7-12 of the original text.

Composition:

John Frandsen

Seven Silly Songs

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Mijn moeder zei", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Lidy van Noordenburg

This text was added to the website: 2023-06-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

Mijn moeder zei

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Frandsen)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the English

Mijn moeder zei dat ik nooit moest
spelen met de zigeuners in het bos.
 ... 
Het bos was donker, het gras was groen,
Wat kwam Sally met de tamboerijn daar doen.
Ik ging naar zee, geen schip om te gaan,
dus betaalde ik een shilling voor een sneeuwwit paard;
Ik sprong op zijn rug en was er snel vandoor.
Sally, zeg mijn moeder dat ik nooit  terugkom hoor.

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-2,7-12 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 95