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Dutch Execution Ballads
Execution Ballad
Subtitle
Aan eene Weduwe te Enkhuizen gepleegd, den 13de Januarij, 1836. door eene Jan Kenper, Geboortig van Hoorn
Translation: Horrible murder, Done to a widow in Enkhuizen, on January 13th, 1836, by one Jan Kenper, born in Hoorn.
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Pamphlet: Amsterdam Meertens: Lbl Meertens 03301. <a href="http://www.liederenbank.nl/liedpresentatie.php?zoek=57911&lan=nl">Nederlandse Liederenbank</a>
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de Kloosterlingen
Transcription
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<p><em>Dutch transcription currently unavailable, English translation by Rena Bood.</em></p>
<p>How horrible the murder-scum rolls around,<br />How many people see them wander,<br />North-Holland, silent, respectable ground,<br />Must again pay its toll,<br />Enkhuizen, hear, hear, of the evil,<br />Recently proven so cruelly with you,<br />An evil man from Hoorn’s descent,<br />Frightens all the people.</p>
<p>A widow who, already old-aged,<br />Lived off a bar or commerce,<br />Had by her hard work amassed,<br />Which caution gave her,<br />The thirteenth of January’s day,<br />Came the murderer named Jan Kenper,<br />Spoke, woman give me some entertainment,<br />Just for four cents will you know.</p>
<p>The woman refused him that request,<br />Because of certain good reasons,<br />Though he, for greed, was not slow,<br />So he further professed ,<br />Aware that she still possessed money,<br />Thought, woman here you will soon die,<br />That money will be my treasure in a little while,<br />When you have been robbed of life.</p>
<p>The murder-dagger struck he into her heart,<br />Took from her over 200 guilders,<br />Take revenge, oh Heaven, with a pain,<br />How can you tolerate such in silence.<br />But no, Jan Kenper heard the voice,<br />The revenge of Heaven raised,<br />Your crime lives, and soon for him<br />The verdict of the one who does not tolerate it.</p>
<p>There he sits, led by money,<br />Desire brought him into suffering,<br />And soon he will be dedicated to the executioner,<br />To cut off the sinful body,<br />Oh! People avoid the horror-evil,<br />Do not desire your neighbour’s goods for yourself,<br />If you prefer to steal for scorn and libel,<br />Then the Judge must bend over you.</p>
<p>It is possible upon this noble ground,<br />That people cannot avoid this evil,<br />And pure virtue found its seat,<br />Separated from rudeness,<br />Yes, but the heart smothered by sin,<br />Wrapped in wantonness,<br />Deludes himself that he revives his lust,<br />Trample then gruesome deeds and sins.</p>
Synopsis
Account of events that are the subject of the ballad
Murder of a widow
Crime(s)
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murder
Gender
Gender of the person being executed.
1836
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VERSCHRIKKELYKE MOORD
Dutch