a few thoughts

I've been spending a bit of time in the last few weeks listening away to some music brought to our family by my mom's brother from Holland. The artist is a fellow named Daniel Lohues - he is from Drenthe - the province that my Mom comes from and where much of her family still lives. After about a week of driving around and listening to the songs but not really really hearing them, i picked Mom's brain today to explain the lyrics and the contexts of the songs to me. Several of the songs don't really seem to have lyrics that i all agree with - but most of them are mellow, folky songs that have a lot of memories tied into them for my mom, which makes them special to me too. The songs are sung in dialect - so the spelling of the Dutch is probably very "off" for those of you who read Dutch - but the song that i have included below is all about springtime coming to the land and all the joys thereof... the wording almost makes me want to put on my rubber boots, fling the windows open and my jacket off and get out and dig around in my garden (as it's currently pouring outside and it's 11:14pm, i will refrain - the neighbours might think i'm nuts - as if they don't already!) I love the dialect - i love language (most people who know me, know that about me - i suppose that's why i like kreyol also) and the spelling is so like its said that i think its so neat. Enjoy... slaap lekker!

Morgen wordt ‘t mooi en zunnig
Veur ‘t eerst dit jaor
Morgen bennen der nog meer bladties
en is de wereld klaor
veur ‘n veurjaor lang en licht
Peerdebloemen in’t grös
Morgen is de regen over
en kan de jaase lös
Morgen komp der ander weer an
die narcis was ‘n hint
Morgen brek ‘n neije tied an
Met lauwe zuudenwind
‘t Is verdient, ‘t mag wel weer
Languut in ‘t grös
Morgen is ‘t grieze wegwaait
en kunnen de raams weer lös
Laot de lentezunne morgen
alle kaole mar verdrieben
Alles rök straks naor ‘n neije tied
De vogels en de mensen
heur ie dalijk allemaol fluiten