'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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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]

This text was added to the website: 2012-09-07
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Word count: 92