This would have been played at the beginning of Wilhelmina's radio speech from Britain in the Dutch government in exile in WW2, it gave a powerful message to the Dutch people living under German occupation.
What's funny is that this song uses the "La Folia" chord progression, a very popular musical theme in Baroque music used by composers of the era to evoke Spain and more generally Iberia. This chord progression basically sounded distinctly Spanish to them. So although the lyrics of the song are pretty anti-Spanish, the musical structure of the song is very much Spanish. It's a parody of sorts!
![Merck toch hoe Sterck [Dutch independence song] (1622)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gRxWb8Iz4Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![Merck toch hoe Sterck [Dutch independence song] (1622)](/img/tr.png)
Fun Fact: It was one of the first song I've edited
This would have been played at the beginning of Wilhelmina's radio speech from Britain in the Dutch government in exile in WW2, it gave a powerful message to the Dutch people living under German occupation.
What's funny is that this song uses the "La Folia" chord progression, a very popular musical theme in Baroque music used by composers of the era to evoke Spain and more generally Iberia. This chord progression basically sounded distinctly Spanish to them. So although the lyrics of the song are pretty anti-Spanish, the musical structure of the song is very much Spanish. It's a parody of sorts!
Why am I finding ou about this banger just now?
Beautiful thanks for sharing it.
Volgens mij was het berg op zoom houd u vroom niet berg op zoot maar dat ter zijde kippenvel🧡
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