Pictures to 'Der Koehp va Hehle in de Sjlag va Waterloo'

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#1 Vuur het huuske op ing hoote bank zit ee aoth versjrummeld menke, noh sjatting wiet in de nuhgentig joar.
- In front of the house, on a wooden bench, an old, shrunken man, I guess in his late nineties.
#2 Agen Welterhuske, woh ver ooch noch ins aa woare gewehs, zaan ich: "Loate ver reks aaf sjlooh."
- At Welterhuske, that we had visited in the past, I said: "Let's take a right turn."
#3 Domit reupt inne zoe hel es heh kos: "Der Koehp va Hehle, der Koehp va Hehle."
- One of them shouted, as loud as he could: "Der Koehp va Hehle, der Koehp va Hehle."

#4 En vier sjtonge sjus bejeneeh.
- And we were standing together (?)
#5 Der kehl versjrek zich en sjreit: "Der Kobus von Herle, der Kobus von Herle."
- The guy jumps and shouts: "Der Kobus von Herle, der Kobus von Herle."

#6 Ze sjlibde mich achter de peeht aa, wie inne kapotte roazende honk.
- They dragged me behind the horses, like a crazed mad dog.
#7 Doew zint ver onger inne boom goh likke
woh ver innigzins get besjirmt woare.
- Then we went to lie down under a tree that protected us a little.

#8 Doew koom der Napolejong en hool ing ansjprook.
- Then, Napoleon came up and gave a speech.
#9 Ich zaan: "De letste motte ooch nog draa."
- I said: "We still got to finish off the last ones."

#10 Ich durchsjtook der inkele kiehre veer, vief tegeliek, dat ich ze bouw neet va de lans kos kriege en der Bamberg sjloog ze mit de kolf van 't gewehr de köp in.
- Several times I ran the lance through four or five at a time, so I had difficulty getting them off again, and Bamberg bashed their brains in with his rifle butt.
#11 Vier nohme 'm op en drooge hum in dat hoes, woh heh zieh testement kos make.
- We picked him up and carried him inside the house, where he could make his will.

#12 Mit der sabel in de hank leep heh te
voot vuur os, um, wie der minste soldaat
mit aa te valle - en vier sjtormde vuuroeht.
- He [Marshall Ney] led the attack, sable in
hand, on foot like a common soldier, and
we rushed forward.

#13 Maar doew ging inne sjrei op wie oeht ing inzige kehl of went de eeht woeht opgeriehte en deh bis iggen Hiemel sjalde: "De gard-muur-meneserong-ba (la garde meurt, mais il ne se rend pas.)" *
- But then we shouted as if from a single throat, resounding in the sky like the earth was erupting: "The Guard may die, but does not surrender." *

#14 Ze hant mich doh weer opgelapt en
dreei moand nohderhank kos ich op krukke
noh heem sjeeze.
- There they patched me up again and three
months later I was able to get home on crutches.

Der Koehp va Hehle in de Sjlag va Waterloo

Marco Schuffelen - email Last modified: Tue Jul 3 11:45:51 PDT 2001

#4 En vier sjtonge sjus bejeneeh. - And we were standing together (?)	#5 Der kehl versjrek zich en sjreit: "Der Kobus von Herle, der Kobus von Herle." - The guy jumps and shouts: "Der Kobus von Herle, der Kobus von Herle."
#6 Ze sjlibde mich achter de peeht aa, wie inne kapotte roazende honk. - They dragged me behind the horses, like a crazed mad dog.	#7 Doew zint ver onger inne boom goh likke woh ver innigzins get besjirmt woare. - Then we went to lie down under a tree that protected us a little.
#8 Doew koom der Napolejong en hool ing ansjprook. - Then, Napoleon came up and gave a speech.	#9 Ich zaan: "De letste motte ooch nog draa." - I said: "We still got to finish off the last ones."
#10 Ich durchsjtook der inkele kiehre veer, vief tegeliek, dat ich ze bouw neet va de lans kos kriege en der Bamberg sjloog ze mit de kolf van 't gewehr de köp in. - Several times I ran the lance through four or five at a time, so I had difficulty getting them off again, and Bamberg bashed their brains in with his rifle butt.	#11 Vier nohme 'm op en drooge hum in dat hoes, woh heh zieh testement kos make. - We picked him up and carried him inside the house, where he could make his will.
#12 Mit der sabel in de hank leep heh te voot vuur os, um, wie der minste soldaat mit aa te valle - en vier sjtormde vuuroeht. - He [Marshall Ney] led the attack, sable in hand, on foot like a common soldier, and we rushed forward.	#13 Maar doew ging inne sjrei op wie oeht ing inzige kehl of went de eeht woeht opgeriehte en deh bis iggen Hiemel sjalde: "De gard-muur-meneserong-ba (la garde meurt, mais il ne se rend pas.)" * - But then we shouted as if from a single throat, resounding in the sky like the earth was erupting: "The Guard may die, but does not surrender." *
#14 Ze hant mich doh weer opgelapt en dreei moand nohderhank kos ich op krukke noh heem sjeeze. - There they patched me up again and three months later I was able to get home on crutches.