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Schoon is de West

from Music from Bonaire by William Anthony

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THE STORY BEHIND:

Schoon is de West describes a desire to the country of origin. As it says “Never will I ever forget the West, Never even I travel around the whole world. No one can ever measure the love. Love dedicated to my country and my ground.”
This song written by Frater Vedastus, Petrus Johannes Bleijs (18-09-1905 – 22-06-1986), in the time of Dutch friars on mission in the West, has been sung from generation to generation on school.

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Schoon is de west - Frater Vedastus, Petrus Johannes Bleijs

Schoon is de west, is ‘t land mijner dromen
Heerlijk omstuwd door de ruisende zee
Ruw zijn de rotsen en grillig de bomen
Krachtig de wind als hij waait langs de ree

Land, mijn land, gij zijt mij dierbaar
Land vol schoonheid overal
land, ‘k wil u mijn hart verpanden
En U trouw zijn bovenal.

Nimmer zal ik ooit de west nog vergeten
Nimmer al vaar ik de wereld ook rond
Niemand kan immers de liefde ooit meten
Liefde gewijd aan mijn volk en mijn grond

Land, mijn land, gij zijt mij dierbaar
Land vol schoonheid overal
Land, ‘k wil u mijn hart verpanden

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from Music from Bonaire, released February 23, 1998

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William Anthony sings songs in Papiamento written by leading Antillian composers of years past. Songs that until now were unknown and never been recorded and songs that have fallen into oblivion. They are now modified with fresh sound. 9nl.it/Klik/ ... more

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