Aan Rika (For Rika) performed by Dempsey at the Open Podium, Leiden, 26 March 2011

'Aan Rika' (For Rika) performed and written by the Leiden based trio, Demsey, a song based on a poem by the Dutch poet, Piet Paaltjens, who lived in Leiden in the 19th century. The song is about a man on a train who sees a woman through the window of a passing train a woman, who he immediately falls in love with. The poem ends with the words:

Maar, Rika, wat kon zaaliger voor mij zijn,
Dan, onder hels geratel en gestamp,
Met u verplet te worden door één trein?

(But Rika what could be more delightful for me,
Than, under infernal rattling and stamping,
To be crushed by a train with you?)

Maarten Witkam - vocals, violin, recorder/whistle
Ferry Rigault - vocals, guitar
Michael van Hoogenhuyze - accordian

Meer informatie over Dempsey is te vinden op onze website
More info about Dempsey in Dutch is here:
www.dempsey.nl

Listen to a few songs from their 3 cds here:
http://www.dempsey.nl/muziek.php

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Lieden-noord
• noord
• Leiden
• muziek
• nederlands
• leid
• folk