Daar hipt en wipt, den tak omtrent,
een pimpermeesk', half zonneblend;
en 'k hoor zijn bekske, naaldefijn,
herhalend en [hertalend]1 zijn,
hoe ['t]2 blijde en hoe 't ja vromer is,
nadien 't nu eenmaal zomer is3.
Ja-wel, mijn kleentje, en meê met u,
zoo hipt mijn herte en wipt het nu,
vol hope, [omdat 't weêr]4 zonneschijn
verblijden zal, en zomer zijn!

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Spelling change used by D'Hooghe: pimpermeesk' -> pimpermeeske
Spelling change used by De Vocht: herte -> hert
Spelling change used by Smit Sibinga: naaldefijn -> naaldenfijn
Spelling change used by Wierts: weêr -> weer
Spelling change used by Zagwijn: meê -> mee

¹ Celis, De Vocht, Smit Sibinga, Wierts (voice and piano setting), Zagwijn: "herhalend"
² omitted by Smit Sibinga.
³ Wierts adds "nu 't zomer is"
⁴ Celis: "omdat weêr"; Smit Sibinga: "omdat het weer"

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "'t Meezeken", written 1894 [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 Frits Celis (b. 1929), "'t Meezeken ", 1947 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lodewijk De Vocht (1887 - 1977), "'t Meezeken" [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Clément (later Bernardinus) D'Hooghe (1899 - 1951), "Het Meezeken", 1941 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jaap Geraedts (1924 - 2003), "'t Meezeken" [ women's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "'t Meezeke", 1943 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edward Loos , "'t Meezeken", 1956 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Lodewijk Mortelmans (1868 - 1952), "'t Meezeken", 1901 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Theo Smit Sibinga (1899 - 1958), "'t Meezeke ", 1918 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Lucien Van Branteghem , "'t Mezeken", 1957 [ 2-part mixed chorus and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jos Watelet (1881 - 1951), "'t Meezeke" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "'t Meezeken" [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "'t Meezeken" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Henri Zagwijn (1878 - 1954), "'t Meezeken " [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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