by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899)
't Meiske, met zijn' teele melk
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)
't Meiske, met zijn' teele melk, op zijn' bloote voetjes, lang, gelijk [nen terruwstelk]1, zoetjes, zoetjes, zoetjes terdt het voort, en anders niet als zijn teele melk en [ziet't]2. 't Meisken hoorde: '[Goeden dag!]3' zeggen, zoetjes, zoetjes: 'Mietje!' 't Meisken ommezag ... Op zijn' bloote voetjes viel de melk en, vol verdriet, wie [dat 't was]4 en wist het niet. Meiske, meiske, meiske snel, op uw' bloote voetjes, melk aan 't dragen, wacht u wel: zoetjes, zoetjes, zoetjes, mijdt u, [meiske]5, en, hoort gij iet, vóór u, maar niet omme en ziet!
J. Wierts sets stanzas 1, 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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View original text (without footnotes)Spelling changes used by Veerres: teele -> tele; bloote -> blote; terdt -> terd; Goeden dag -> Goedendag
1 Clément: "een terruwstelk"
2 Clément: "ziet"
3 Van Durme: "Goedendag"
4 Van Durme: "dat was"
5 Clément: "meisk' "
Authorship
- by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Mietje" [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 Daniël Clément (1902 - 1980), "Mietje", 1947. [mixed chorus] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zubli Paula De Clercq , "Mietje" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Arthur Jan Frans De Hovre (1868 - 1931), "Mietje" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Octaaf De Hovre , "Jantje" [voice unaccompanied] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Octaaf De Hovre , "Mietje", 1906. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Attie Dyserinck , "Mietje", op. 14 no. 3. [voice and piano or organ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Omer Haes , "Mietje", 1930. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Robert Herberigs (1886 - 1974), "Mietje" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jan Ingenhoven (1876 - 1951), "Mietje", 1913. [four-part chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by L. B. Mentinck , "Mietje" [voice, unaccompanied] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Ivo Mortelmans , "Mietje", 1955. [vocal duet with piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Vic Nees (b. 1936), "Mietje" [vocal duet or 2-part chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Raymond J. Schroyens (b. 1933), "Mietje" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Paul Steegmans , "Mietje", 1993. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jef Tinel (1885 - 1972), "Mietje", 1937. [voice and 2 pianos] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Lucien Van Branteghem , "Mietje", 1966. [three-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Jef Van Durme , "Mietje", 1931. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jules Van Nuffel (1883 - 1953), "Mietje" [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Emiel Constant Verrees (1892 - 1968), "Mietje", 1948. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Mietje" [four-part mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Mietje", stanzas 1,3. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Mietje" [men's chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text added to the website: 2012-09-07 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:05:03
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Word count: 92