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by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931)

Zes kerelen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Zes Kerelen gingen langs 't Noordzeestrand,
De dreigende knots in de forschige hand,
Doedele, doedele, rom dom-dom!
Fier vlamden hun oogen, fler klonk hun lied:
‘Gij, Isegrims! temt er de Kerels niet!’
Doedele, rom-dom-dom!

Zij tierden, de Ridders, bij 't forsche gezang:
‘Die Kerels moeten in ons bedwang!’
Doedele, doedele, rom-dom-dom!
Hun zwaarden flikkerden uit de scheê,
Hun strijdroep galmde langs duin en zee.
Doedele, rom-dom-dom!
 
Maar luider schalde der Kerels lied:
‘Gij, Isegrims, temt er die Kerels niet!’
Doedele, doedele, rom-dom-dom!
Eu woester gloeide hun vurig oog
En vreeslijk zwaaide nun knots omhoog.
Doedele, rom-dom-dom!
 
‘Gij, slaven, kruipt voor ons in 't zand,
Of braakt uwe ziel onder onze hand!..’
Doedele, doedele, rom-dom-dom!
- ‘Gij, bastaards, zijt het die kruipen moet;
Aan ons uw hatelijk slangenbloed!’
Doedele, rom-dom-dom!

Het bloedschuim lilde op der Riddren mond
De Kerels zwierden de knotsen rond.
Doedele, doedele, rom-dom-dom!
Tien waren de Ridders! trotsch klonk hun taal!
Maar géen die ontsnapte aan der Kerelen staal!
Doedele, rom-dom-dom!

Confirmed with Pol de Mont, Poëzie in: De Vlaamsche Kunstbode, Jaargang 7. E. Todt en Ad. Hoste, Gent / J. Noordendorp, Amsterdam 1877 p.60


Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Polydore de Mont (1857 - 1931), "Zes kerelen" [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 Hubertus Joannes Eduardus Keuvels (1853 - 1916), "Zes kerelen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], Gent : J. Vuylsteke  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-07
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