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by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)

Ik ga
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Deur hore en more moet ik,
deur dikke en dinne gaan,
en overal ontmoette ik
mij boozen, langs de baan.
 
Ze schelden en ze schrikken,
ze schimpen en ze slaan;
ze wegen en ze wikken:
'Hoe deernis hem gedaan?'
 
Ze zeggen, en ze zullen
mij vatten en [mij]1 vaân!
De dommen en de dullen:
ze ['n]2 durvender niet aan!
 
Me 'n roek's! Ik laat ze zwetsen,
ze brouwen en ze braân,
ze glijden en ze gletsen:
ik ga, - zij blijven staan!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Vermeiren 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Vermeiren: "me"
2 omitted by Vermeieren

Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Ik ga", written 1896 [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 Victor Bogaerts , "Ik ga", 1955 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by J. H. Van Geyt , "Ik ga " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jef Vermeiren , "Ik ga ", subtitle: "Strijdlied", 1929 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-08-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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