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This song perfectly matches with this letter from January 1781: a Dutch mother in Essequibo, Guyana longs for her 12-year old son who was sent to Middelburg, the Netherlands to study at a gymnasium.
For information on the letter, see: www.hum.leiden.edu/research/le...
Een moeder in Essequibo (Guyana) mist haar 12-jarige zoon die in 1780 naar Middelburg (Nederland) is gestuurd om daar naar school te gaan.
Zie voor meer informatie over de afgebeelde brief: www.hum.leidenuniv.nl/onderzoe...
I do not own this song.
words and music: Kate McGarrigle