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

Noch Stokvisch noch Mortier en kan...
Language: Dutch (Nederlands) 
Noch Stokvisch noch Mortier en kan Justitie vangen
het eene is veel te zwaar het ander veel te vet:
de groote dief loopt weg de kleene die moet hangen
de kraaie vliegt er door de mugge blijft in 't net.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), no title, written 1865 [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 Jo Van Eetvelde , "Noch stokvisch, noch mortier", 1960 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 40

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