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

't Eerste dat mij moeder vragen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
't Eerste dat mij moeder vragen
leerde, in lang verleden dagen,
als ik hakkelde, ongeriefd
nog van woorden, 't was, te gader
bei mijn' handtjes doende: 'Vader,
geeft me 'en kruisken, als 't u belieft!'
 
'k Heb een kruiske dan gekregen,
menig keer, en wierd geslegen
op mijn' kake, zacht en zoet ...
Ach, ge zijt mij, bei te gader,
afgestorven, moeder, vader.
't geen mij nu nog leedschap doet!
 
Maar, dat kruiske, 't is geschreven
diep mij in den kop gebleven,
teeken van mijn erfgebied:
die den schedel mij aan scherven
sloege, en hiete 't kruisken derven,
nog en hadd' hij 't kruisken niet!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, 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 Roger Mestdagh , "Het Kruisken", 1965. [voice, four-part mixed chorus, and piano] [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 104

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