To help you with your assignment (previous post), just a few thoughts by Mr. John...
Potverdekke! It´s great to be a Belgian!
I´m not English, I´m not French and I´m not Dutch,
I´m not Spanish, Portuguese or German,
I´m a Belgian so thank you very much!
As I walk along the street, with my mayonnaise and frites,
You can tell I´m as happy as can be.
With my Duvel in my hand
then you must understand,
I´m a Belgian so nothing worries me!
Potverdekke! It´s great to be a Belgian!
I´m not English, I´m not French and I´m not Dutch,
I´m not Irish, Italian or Danish
I´m a Belgian so thank you very much!
Without the Belgians there would be no saxophone,
No Tintin, Captain Haddock or Poirot.
And you´ll excuse me if I´ve missed
anybody off the list,
These are the only Belgians that I know!
Potverdekke! It´s great to be a Belgian!
I´m not English, I´m not French and I´m not Dutch,
I´m not Finnish, Austrian or Swedish
I´m a Belgian so thank you very much!
Now the English egg and bacon´s not so bad,
Especially since all the cows went mad.
But if they´ve never tasted mussels,
on the Grand Place down in Brussels,
It´s no wonder that they´re feeling very sad!
Potverdekke! It´s great to be a Belgian!
I´m not English, I´m not French and I´m not Dutch,
I´m not Spanish, Portuguese or German,
I´m a Belgian so thank you very much!
I´m a Belgian, I´m not Irish, I´m not Greek,
I don´t drink Guiness or Retsina, I drink Kriek!
On the Schelde or the Meuse, you find me drinking Geuze.
Or Leffe, or Chimay, or Lambic!
Potverdekke! It´s great to be a Belgian!
I´m not English, I´m not French and I´m not Dutch,
I´m not a Luxemburger
I´m a Belgian so thank you very much!
4 opmerkingen:
yes it is great to be a belgian
I think we must be more "chauvinistisch"
we have to love our own country
but i know that is difficult because we are seperated in two parts.
greetz pieterjan
I don not think we always have to love our own country. We can do it but I think it can always be possible to love another nature or country. It is not because we are belgian people, we always have to be "chauvinistisch". I do not say i am not "chauvinistisch" but I do love our countries too, like Italia or Spain. I adore the way of living there and the peolpe themselves.
Sorry, I have to note my mistakes of my previous comment. "I do love other countries"... "I adore the way they live their life..."
Greetz
You got a point there, Stefaan...
What could be the reason for that, in your opinion?
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