Oost-Indisch vaarderslied [Dutch East Indies song] (1600's)

-History:
The Dutch East Indies or Verenigde Oost-Indïsche Compagnie (VOC for short) was the most profitable company in all of history. There is a lot to tell about the history of the VOC but I will keep it short and compact here. The founding of the VOC was the result of the first stock market invented in the Netherlands. The VOC lasted until the dutch got occupied by napoleon in 1795 and the Batavian Republic was established. The map shown in the video is not what the VOC used to own at the time of it's existance, but rather what the Dutch East Indies held on to, after the VOC went bankrupt. I used it since I didnt know a specific year of when this song was made and I didn't want the borders to be incorrect. I do know the song first appeared in 1678. This song is technically a sea-shanty. The song is about a dutch VOC seaman, traveling to Batavia (Nowadays Jakarta) wich was the capital of the VOC and later the Dutch East Indies. He starts off in Amsterdam where he gets aboard a VOC vessel at 'Monckelmans Steyger' ( a well known jetty). He then sails to Batavia to collect spices like peper. After arriving in Batavia he goes back to the Netherlands, only to long to go back to Asia again. Back in the Netherlands he notices how wealthy all the men are that had business to do with the VOC.

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[novabrabantia]

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[kirashinji]

We making it out of Japsterdam with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[BVN]

Ik ben half Indisch en half Nederlands en ik ben geboren en getogen in Nederland, Utrecht.

Ik ben verdomde trots op de geschiedenis van Nederland. Ik ben letterlijk een product en voortvloeisel van de VOC.

Ik kan echt heel erg genieten van dit lied. De Nederlanden waren vroeger een wereldmacht, vooral in Azië. Het heeft ons schatrijk gemaakt en het heeft ons gevormd als natie.

Ik ben een trotse en nationalistische Nederlander. Mijn opa en oma zijn in 1958 als één van de laatsten naar Nederland gekomen vanuit Indonesië en sindsdien hebben zij zich geruisloos aangepast aan de Nederlandse samenleving. Ik ben trots op mijn dubbele afkomst ❤ Nederland en Nederlands-Indië.

Ik hou van mijn land! Ik zal Nederland tot de dood blijven hoog houden en verdedigen.

[Der-Henker]

I know an Orange Nationalist who will love this

[matwiw]

It would be great if you mentioned the performer - Camerata Trajectina. This wonderful group has recreated and performed hundreds of historical dutch songs, but unfortunately they remain rather unknown to the public.

[draphotube]

Lange glorie tegemoet aan die Compagnie die ons een ware macht maakte en nu (al mede dankzij de moedernegotie) nog steeds een regionale macht van ons heeft behouden!

[owenb]

Expected it to be "spices spices spices spices spiiiices" but this is good too

[draphotube]

Where do you get these songs?? They are so rare to find and man this one is just amazing

[I_live_in_your_walls.]

At the end of the song he sings about how the sailors are Gentlemen of only six weeks. And how they show off their money and clothes. Sailors who came back from a voyage were actually called gentlemen for six weeks because it would take six weeks for the sailors to burn through all their money.😂

[GalluZ]

Even if I'm Indonesian, I can't help but empathize with seamen at the time, sailing far away to the Asia, Nusantara archipelago, to make a living. No wonder they also miss the place because sailing took a very long time. You'd have more than enough time to ponder during your journey back home that you wonder if you could turn back again and stay there. Nusantara doesn't look like foreign islands to you anymore, it's your 2nd home.

EDIT: typo and added some stuff.

[leornendeealdenglisc]

Interesting song. Thank you for uploading this.

[hendrayadispd]

Saya sebagai orang Indonesia masih selalu teringat sejarah di waktu Negara Hindia-Belanda masih ada dulu, tapi sekarang hanya tinggal kenangan sejarah yang tidak bisa terlupakan karena di Indonesia sampai sekarang masih banyak bangunan2 infrastruktur bekas peninggalan dimasa pemerintahan Hindia-Belanda dulu yang masih diabadikan sampai sekarang

[dguy]

this is very cool! most results for dutch east india company songs on YouTube are songs made much later, one genuinely from the time is awesome!

[HarisCountrys]

I am half Malay and half Dutch (born and raised in Malaysia). And wow I must say the Dutch really can sing.

[rusticcloud]

Kalau boleh jujur, lagu ini bikin saya sedih. Sangat mengglorifikasi mencari peruntungan ke tempat yang jauh dan tidak pasti. Setelah sampai di Indië, tidak ada pilihan lain selain pulang bawa kekayaan; kalau tidak, akan mendapat malu di Belanda sana. Maka dari itu haruslah mereka merampas dan tidak ramah terhadap "inlander", demi sutera, rempah-rempah, dan kehormatan mereka di tanah asalnya, yang hanya bertahan selama enam minggu. Setelah enam minggu mereka pulang, habis jua kekayaan mereka. Lalu apa? Kembali ke Indië, ulangi dari awal, profit lagi, bangkrut lagi?

[zackdeew]

reminds me of AC Black Flag every times i listened to 15th-17th century sea shanties⛵⛵

[mberman]

Sou Brasileiro de Pernambuco, Recife foi a sede do governo Holândes aqui durante a colonização Batavica, Mauricio de Nassau renovou Recife, construiu pontes canais ruas pavimentadas e trouxe muita coisa, em 1648 foram expulsos pelos Lusitanos

[PRO-K]

It's also Indonesia's 1600 colonial song

[yiflbru]

This song is even better than british shanties. I just can't stop listening. Greetings from Russia lol

[DuckyTubeGatlingZ]

We makin it out of Batavia with this one🔥🔥🔥🔥