To be precise...
It's about a Rotterdam streetboy who signs onto a ship as a 'Ketelbinkie' a
cabin boy, to be able to support his old mother. But even though he does his
very best, he cannot survive the hardships of the life on board. In the end,
he dies of exhaustion and disease. A tragic end.

It's a historical song. Every dutchman knows at least the first line of the
song. :-)
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On 08 Aug 2007 13:02:23 GMT, (poppejoppe) wrote:

Interesting and I like the voices even though I don't read Dutch.

It's about a young boy who goes to sea and misses his mother.
It's from a play which was written in 1940.

RtW