Recht toe recht aan [den bal gesnapt]1,
  die botst; en, zonder dralen,
[den kwaden]2 knoop in tween gekapt;
  daar 't boost [den]3 bijl doen dalen;
geen drie geteld, geen twee, geen een,
maar plots, gelijk [nen]4 dondersteen,
  gedurfd, gedaan,
  recht toe, recht aan!

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¹ Wierts: "de bal gepakt"
² Wierts: "de kwade"
³ Wierts: "de"
⁴ Wierts: "een"

Text Authorship:

• by Guido (Pieter Theodoor Jozef) Gezelle (1830 - 1899), "Cito!", 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 Johannes Petrus Jodocus Wierts (1866 - 1944), "Cito!" [voice and piano] [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-06-23
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Word count: 43