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		It is custom for each city or village that celebrates carnival to select a winning carnival song from contestant songwriters, which will then become the carnival song of the year for that city or village. These contests are always a big event, and the finale is always held in a big tent, where everyone can come and listen to all the songs and vote. It's a real honour to have your song selected to be THE carnival song of the year. Furthermore, there is also a bigger contest between the cities of Limburg, in which the winning songs of the cities compete for being the Limburgian carnival song of the year. My grandmother (Annie van Loo) is also from Maastricht and has competed several years, and even won the contest for the Maastricht carnival song of the year three times. The following songs are all the carnival songs my grandmother made (of course they are all in the Maastricht language). If you want to see the anthems of Limburg and Maastricht, then go to my Anthems Page.
		Dat is de sajs! Trieneke leep te prakkezeere 'Jèh wat kook iech noe vaandaog? Broun boene höbbe veer zoe geere Mèh dat ligk zwoer op de maog’ Inins dao zaog ze unne En die waore goojekoup Ze koch toen veur ein wöllemke En ze kraog einen hielen houp Vaan die unne, unne, unne Heet eus Triene sajs gemaak En die unne, unne, unne Höbbe köstelik gesmaak Mèh noe zeet deen èrme maan ‘Iech höb al dreij daog las devaan Vaan die unne, unne, unne Ligk iech noe op eine knap Dat heet miech die unnesajs gelap!’ Vaan die unne, unne, unne Heet eus Triene sajs gemaak En die unne, unne, unne Höbbe köstelik gesmaak Mèh noe zeet deen èrme maan ‘Iech höb al dreij daog las devaan Vaan die unne, unne, unne Ligk iech noe op eine knap Dat heet miech die unnesajs gelap, gelap!’	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Jean Fey Winning song of 1958
		Sjannet Dao kump eus Sjannetteke Die deit zoe geere mèt Ze zingk en kin sjoen danse Calypso en Ballèt Mèh mèt de vastelaovend Sprink ze vaan hot nao haar Veur alle hermenieje op Of achter ‘n fanfaar En eederein zingk mèt dit sjoen koeplèt: Sjannet, Sjannet Kom dans nog ins ballet Ich zal diech aoch trakteere Astrein aon ‘t buffet Sjannet, Sjannet En veer goon saame oet En trekke daan ‘t Vriethof op in ‘nne rijjaloet	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Math. Everaerts Winning song of 1959
		Menier d’n deender Mèt vastelaovend trok Lewie mèt An trop oet Verkleid mèt e wit laake aon, ‘n rammel en ‘n toet Mèh aon de aw maosbrök had Lewie ‘t um gesmeerd ‘t waor dao erreg drök daovaan had heer geprofiteerd En An zaog ‘nne deender stoon en vroog häöm toen hiel leef: Menier d’n deender Mie Lewieke bin iech kwiet Menier d’n deender Iech zeuk häöm al d’n hiele tied Iech laop de kaffees in en oet Bloozenteere op mien toet Menier d’n deender Lèt noe toch ins effe op Heer heet ‘n kösteek op ziene kop Es geer ‘m zeet daan kint geer häöm direk Want mien Lewieke dee deit zoe gek	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Jean Fey 1959
		Nao väöre Es ze zoondag speule Wie iech höb gedach Sleip iech vieftien doezend gölde Lekker in de wach En mèt de vastelaovend koume die vaan pas Daan bin iech veur drei daog oet d’n amberras Daan roop iech hiel rejaol: Nao väöre, nao väöre Dao kin us niks gebäöre Vraog ins wat die maskes drinke En begin mèr te sjinke Nao väöre, nao väöre Dao kin us niks gebäöre Kom ober iech betaol E rundsje veur us allemaol	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Pie Bex 1961
		Op zaoterdag vreij Zaoterdags veur daag en dauw Moot iech oet mie bed Daan zeet mie vröwke ummertow Hellep miech get mèt Maak al mèr de koffie klaor Sleip kemissies beij Daan gaon iech effe veur mien haor Want diech höbs lekker vreij Daan moot iech wasse, daan moot iech sjrobbe Daan weurd gewit en getappeseerd Iech moot wèrreke wie e peerd Noe kreig iech kweerte, noe kreig iech knobbe Ach iech haw ‘t neet mie beij Hadde veer friedags al mer vreij	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Pie Bex 1962
		Boeveur neet? Harie ziene portmenee dee waor miestal plat ‘T waor of heer mèt carnaval e look de binne had Zien kinder waore neet content, want ze hadde spiet Zie zaote zoonder sjievelsent en zonge mèr altied: Boeveur bis diech neet miljonnair gewoore? Boeveur höbs diech dat ambach neet gelierd? Daan waore veer es keend al riek geboore En woord noe daonig carnaval gevierd! Boeveur bis diech neet miljonnair gewoore? Boeveur höbs diech dat ambach neet gelierd? Daan waore veer es keend al riek geboore En woord noe daonig carnaval gevierd!	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Pie Bex 1962
		‘t Nissjeke Umtot ‘t vastelaovend is Heet Lieske zoen gooi zin Ze is vaan kop tot tien verkleid zoe tot häör geine kin Ze lach en gek mèt eederein en raoj ins wat ze zeet Es ze Sjo of Sjeng of Sjang ins flink te pakke heet: Iech bin e nissjeke E nissjeke vaan diech Mèh jong dat wèts te toch de liekens väöl op miech Iech bin die nissjeke Iech maak diech gaar niks wies Veer zien femielie al vaan in ‘t Paradies	Lyrics: Annie van Loo Music: Math. Everaerts Winning song of 1963