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Een costerken op syn clocken clanc Smorgens vroech en weckte de lien. Een aerdich vrouken, wit en blanc, Moest met schalcksen ooghen aensien. Doen sprack dat vrouken: “Macht gheschien! Spant op u cloxkens en beyt niet lanc! Laet ons spelen den binc, den banc, Van tinge, tinge, tanc. Goeden ontvanc sal u gheschien. Dus soo en wilt vandaer niet vlien.”
Authorship
- by Carolus Souliart (flourished 16th century), appears in Musyck Boexken, first published 1551 [author's text not yet checked 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 Julius Röntgen (1855 - 1932), "Een costerken op sijn clocken clanc", op. 29 no. 9 (1889) [baritone and piano], from Amoreuse Liedekens, no. 9. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Robbert Muuse) , "Een koster luidde zijn klokken", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Robbert Muuse
Text added to the website: 2018-07-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-07-04 16:48:32
Line count: 10
Word count: 60
Een koster luidde zijn klokken ‘s morgens vroeg en wekte het volk. Een knap vrouwtje, blond en blank, Bekeek het met ondeugende blik. Toen sprak dat vrouwtje: “Toe maar! Trek aan uw klokken, en treuzel niet te lang! Laat we spelen de bink, de bonk, Van tinge, tinge, tonk. Een goede ontvangst zul je krijgen. Dus ren niet zomaar weg van hier!”
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- a text in Middle Dutch (Middelnederlands) by Carolus Souliart (flourished 16th century), appears in Musyck Boexken, first published 1551
Text added to the website: 2018-07-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2018-07-04 16:49:49
Line count: 10
Word count: 62