Leo Teller
° 1880-02-17 Baelen/Weser
+ 1954-08-16

 

Os Moddersprook



Wat men zech neet let gevalle,
Es, went men os verbet te kalle
De Sprook, di os Modder os geliët,
En jekerenge huëch veriët.
De Moddersprook es, vöar Minscheleve,
Onde, deep i gen Hat geschreve;
En waet men ooch hondert Joren oot,
Da verget me noch neet Oddeschwoat.
Wie vruë woor der Soldoot a gen Front.
Went er doo ene Plattütsche vont.
Wo hoof zech i gen Brost et Hat
Went ze do kalden op hizeger Plat!
Et get el ooch dom, egebelde Lüj,
Da zönt van die nömodesche van hüj,
Di koom en vremde Sprook verstönt
En domit an 't Behaaj make zönt.

(Welkender Plat)

Leo Teller

 


Quoted from: G. van Voeren, Leven rond Veltmans, 1987, Tongeren, Bond der Vlamingen van Oost-België, D/1987/2322/09, 189 pp., p. 184


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