https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/72413e893b4c766bbc999ae861354389.jpg 2210bf12540655167cb2505681c5589a https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/a37e20c3a87e8018efc83abb4382d53f.jpg 9895f3893dd743fa2cc1d70f5d983a53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dutch Execution Ballads Execution Ballad Subtitle Translation: About a carpenter Digital Object <iframe src="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/fullsize/72413e893b4c766bbc999ae861354389.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="600" height="350"></iframe> Image / Audio Credit Antwerps liedboek, song #164 - Wolfenbüttel Herzog August Bibliothek: A: 236.5 Poet. <a href="http://www.liederenbank.nl/liedpresentatie.php?zoek=1760">Nederlandse Liederenbank<br /><br /></a> Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics <div style="width:50%;float:left;"> <p>Wie wil hooren singhen<br />Van eenen timmerman,<br />Van eender borchgravinnen,<br />Hoe si haer lief ghewan?</p> <p>Die heeren seyden: ‘Wellecome, timmerman!<br />Ghi zijt ons waerste gast.<br />Ghy sult noch tavont hangen<br />Aen eenen boom, staet vast.’</p> <p>‘Waerom so sal ic hangen?<br />Ic en ben ja gheen dief!<br />Dat herte van minnen jongen live<br />Heeft een schoon vrou seer lief.</p> <p>Sal ic noch tavont hangen<br />Aen eenen boom, staet vast,<br />Versincken moeten die wortelen,<br />Verbarnen moet den bast!’</p> <p>Dat vernam een vrouwe,<br />Eens groten lantsheren wijf.<br />Si dede haer paerdeken sadelen<br />Al om des timmermans lijf.</p> <p>Doen si haer paerdeken ghesadelt had,<br />Haer sporen had aenghedaen,<br />So was den timmerman<br />Ter leederen opghegaen.</p> <p>‘Nu hoort, ghi heeren alle!<br />Quaem die borchgravinne voor u beddeken staen:<br />Soudyse helsen ende cussen,<br />Oft soudise laten gaen?’</p> <p>‘Quaem mi die borchgravinne<br />Voor mijn beddeken staen,<br />Ic soudese helsen ende cussen<br />Ende vriendelijck ontfaen.’</p> <p>‘Soudijse helsen ende cussen<br />Ende vriendelijck ontfaen,<br />So en heeft dese timmerman<br />Niet al te veel misdaen!’</p> <p>‘Coemt af, coemt af, goet timmerman,<br />U is verbeden u lijf.<br />Dat heeft gedaen een vrouwe,<br />Eens grooten lansheren wijf.’</p> <p>‘Hevet dat gedaen een vrouwe,<br />Eens groot lantsheeren wijf,<br />God houdse in haerder eeren<br />Ende mi mijn jonghe lijf.’</p> <p>Hi wranck van sinen handen<br />Een gouden vingherlijn.<br />Dat gaf hy haer teenen pande:<br />Si hadde behouden zijn lijf.</p> </div> <div style="width:50%;float:right;"> <p>Who wants to hear singing<br />about a carpenter,<br />about a viscountess,<br />how she saved her lover's life?</p> <p>The lords said: "Welcome, carpenter!<br />You are our dearest guest.<br />You will hang this very evening,<br />from a tree, that is decided."</p> <p>"Why shall I hang?<br />I am not a thief!<br />The heart of my young body<br />loves a beautiful woman very much.</p> <p>If I shall hang this very evening (tonight)<br />from a tree, firmly rooted,<br />Its roots must sink,<br />Its bark must burn!"</p> <p>A lady heard about this,<br />the wife of a distinguished gentleman.<br />She had her horse saddled<br />because of the carpenter's life.</p> <p>When she had saddled her little horse,<br />and set her spurs (to it),<br />Then the carpenter had<br />mounted the ladder.</p> <p>"Now listen, all of you lords!<br />If the viscountess came before your bed,<br />Would you hug and kiss her,<br />or would you let her go?" (send her away?)</p> <p>"If the viscountess came<br />before my bed,<br />I would hug and kiss her<br />and receive her with kindness."</p> <p>"If you would hug and kiss her<br />and receive her with kindness, <br />then this carpenter has<br />done not much wrong!"</p> <p>"Come down, come down, good carpenter, <br />By intercession your life was saved.<br />A lady has done this,<br />the wife of a distinguished gentleman."</p> <p>"Has a lady done this, <br />the wife of a distinguished gentleman,<br />may God safeguard her honour,<br />and my young body."</p> <p>He pulled of his hands<br />a golden ring.<br />This he gave her as a token:<br />She had saved his life.</p> <p>Translation by Cecile Morree</p> </div> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> Crime(s) Crime or crimes for which the person in the ballad is convicted. adultery Date Date of ballad 1544 Image notice Full size images of all ballad sheets available at the bottom of this page. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vanden Timmerman. adultery Dutch