't Was in de blijde mei,
ei, ei,
't was in de blijde mei!
En, kommend achter 't land gegaan,
['k]1 zag all de blijde [blomkens]2 staan:
't was in de blijde mei,
ei, ei,
't was in de blijde mei!

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Spelling changes used by Lambrechts-Vos: blomkens -> blomkes
Spelling changes used by Simonart: blomkens -> bloemkes
¹ omitted by Van Nuffel
² Van Nuffel: "bloempjes"

Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), written 1860 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "In de blijde mei", 1991 [high voice or medium voice and piano], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jan Broeckx , "'t Was in de blijde Mei " [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Peter Noël Cabus (1923 - 2000), "'t Was in de blijde mei", 1961 [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Frits Celis (b. 1929), "Meizang", 1949 [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by P. Cohn , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Joris De Bom , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Arthur Jan Frans De Hovre (1868 - 1931), "'t Was in de blijde mei " [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jan Decadt (1914 - 1995), "De blijde mei", 1952 [children's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Maurits Deroo , "'t Was in de blijde Mei!", op. 57 no. 2 (1950) [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Frans C. D'Haeyer (1889 - 1971), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1916 [voice and orchestra] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Frans C. D'Haeyer (1889 - 1971), "'t Was in de blijde mei!", 1916 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Attie Dyserinck , "'t Was in de blijde Mei", op. 14 no. 4 [voice and piano or organ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Roza Grangé , "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [vocal duet] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Anna Catharina Lambrechts-Vos (1876 - 1932), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", op. 52 no. 3 (1914) [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "Blijde mei", 1938 [medium voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by A. A. Noske , "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gust Persoons (1905 - 1971), "Blijde Mei" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Herman Roelstrate (1925 - 1985), "'t Was in de blijde mei ", op. 8 no. 3 (1949) [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johannes Röntgen (1898 - 1969), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [voice, women's chorus and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Gaston Simonart , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [voice, unaccompanied] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Marcel Thys , "'t Was in de blijde mei" [voice, unaccompanied] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1939 [children's chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jan Van Landeghem (b. 1954), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [four-part mixed chorus and Breughel bagpipes] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jules Van Nuffel (1883 - 1953), "'t Was in de blijde Mei" [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Mario Van Overeem , "'t Was in de blijde mei", op. 29 no. 9 (1924) [voice and piano], from Tien zangstukken, no. 9, Bruxelles [Brussel] : Schott [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Omer Van Puyvelde (1912 - 1980), "'t Was in de blijde mei", 1941 [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Catharina Van Rennes (1858 - 1940), "'t Was in de blijde mei ", op. 52 no. 3 (1904), published 19--? [voice and piano], from Kleengedichtjes, no. 3, Utrecht : Jac. van Rennes [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Jos Watelet , "'t Was in de blijde Mei", 1917 [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Johan Weegenhuise (b. 1910), "'t Was in de blijde mei" [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2007-06-20
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