{"id":181987,"date":"2026-07-05T02:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/?p=181987"},"modified":"2026-09-11T23:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T21:59:54","slug":"by-the-lime-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/culture-sports\/dialect\/by-the-lime-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"By the Lime Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-794e3cfa wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to see a beautiful tree,<br>And what I tell you is true,<br>Then you should go to that little spot<br>There by the <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/aalten-achteruit\/the-hessenwegen-in-aalten-and-bredevoort\/\">Hessenweg<\/a>.<br>When that tree first began to grow,<br>No one really knows,<br>But if it could speak today,<br>This is the song you would hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chorus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know, I&#8217;ll find you by <a href=\"https:\/\/oldaalten.nl\/en\/government\/administration-justice\/the-lime-tree-the-coat-of-arms-of-aalten\/\">the lime tree<\/a>,<br>Known to every Aalten resident,<br>Then the lime tree sang, mind how I bind<br>Those two together, as I have done with many a pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was already a long time ago,<br>Back in the olden days,<br>When merchants could be seen here again,<br>Coming from far away.<br>Travel was still slow then,<br>And when they were tired and weary,<br>They gladly rested here for a while,<br>And this was heard beneath the tree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chorus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many a plan has been thought up there,<br>Out on the Aalten Es,<br>And many fine hours have been spent,<br>Lying there in the grass.<br>You can rest there well when you are tired,<br>From work or after the dance,<br>The old folk knew that too,<br>They thought the same back then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chorus.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When summer comes and many a couple<br>Again goes courting gladly,<br>They know very well \u2014 and no surprise \u2014<br>Where that lime tree stands.<br>When the tree is in full leaf,<br>They can sit there at ease,<br>And then that song sounds especially fine<br>Beneath the green canopy of leaves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chorus.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6aa48225719c4&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6aa48225719c4\" 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