https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/dbc8af6f214c16fb95ed19cf283b729d.jpeg 7f18fdf779cb7c71960a25f9bb8c2d2a https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/original/c05f3186eb6e1d859da23e7b8d761550.jpeg 253321e580713fa6bc1db9cda072c45c 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 Complaints of a deserter, about the false love, standing in front of the bullet. Image notice Full size images of all ballad sheets available at the bottom of this page. Digital Object <iframe src="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/fullsize/dbc8af6f214c16fb95ed19cf283b729d.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="350" height="500"></iframe> <iframe src="https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/files/fullsize/c05f3186eb6e1d859da23e7b8d761550.jpg" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="350" height="500"></iframe> Image / Audio Credit Amsterdam Meertens: Lbl Meertens 06101. <a href="http://www.liederenbank.nl/liedpresentatie.php?zoek=58003&lan=en">Nederlandse Liederenbank</a> Set to tune of... Melody to which ballad is set. Van den Bamboucheur Transcription Transcription of ballad lyrics 1. Learn from me, young people, Hear how my left went, Because a false girl, In my young years, That which my heart and soul sought, Has brought me into sorrow. 2. I had loved her, From when we were two children, And I was minded, To pair with her, But fate appointed me a soldier, Which brought me in this state. 3. Oh! How many a tear, I saw leak out of her eyes, When I had to leave, It appeared that she had collapsed; I comforted her with good cheer, Because it hurt me. 4. She spoke: oh lover, I had settled my heart and mind, To be a pair, And to begin marriage. The sadness, it comes to me, Your departure is my grave. 5. We readily separated, With tears in the eyes, After half a year, I found myself deceived, When I wrote the first letter, I did not receive an answer from my love. 6. Then I heard; That that false girl was going to marry, I then called out unsettled: That it would grieve you, I went drinking early and late, I [] to service or state. 7. I have caroused, And finally to abandon [my comrades],<a title="">[1]</a> I have deserted To exact my vengeance, But the guard arrested me, I have injured two or three. 8. I was tightly bound, And came before the war council, There my sadness grew, When I heard, That the bullet was for me, There was no mercy. 9. I called: false friend, Must I leave my life young, Because of your false love, Reflect yourselves, soldiers! That true love avails, Does not matter<a title="">[2]</a> to daughters. 10. I stand before death, Adieu, youth who still live, In the final sad moment,<a title="">[3]</a> My heart full of fear, I say, adieu, you false girl, I go to eternity. <div> <div><a title="">[1]</a> ‘steek’ here refers to the saying ‘in de steek laten’ i.e. ‘leave behind’ or ‘abandon.’ This saying has a specific military connotation where it means ‘to abandon in battle’ as well as ‘abandoning one’s comrades and/or leaders.’</div> <div><a title="">[2]</a> ‘staat’ refers to state, status, or condition. The implied meaning here is that true love is not an important ‘state’ for women, i.e. it does not matter.</div> <div><a title="">[3]</a> ‘nood’ refers to the speaker’s anguish (both physically and mentally) which he experiences right before his death. In Dutch the word also encompasses a sense of emergency, pressure, sad conditions, and violence or force done against him.</div> </div> Date Date of ballad 1840 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 KLAGTEN van een Deserteur, over de valsche liefde staande voor den kogel deserter Dutch soldier