De vogels van Holland (from n. - “The Birds of Holland”) is the song of the writer Annie Schmidt , with which singer Yetty Parl represented the Netherlands at the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956 with Corrie Brocken ( seven countries performed 2 songs from each of them ) This song is considered the first performance in this competition.
| De vogels van holland | |
|---|---|
| Single Yetty Parle | |
| Released | 1956 |
| Format | 7 ” |
| Recorded by | 1956 |
| Genre | chanson |
| Duration | 3:01 |
| Composer | Cor Lehmer |
| Songwriter | Annie Schmidt |
Content
About the song
Parle sings about the birds of his country and that these "birds of the Netherlands" learn to twitter in their youth in order to celebrate spring in the country. Also in the song, the singer explains that with the unique nature of the country and the loyalty of the Dutch girls, all this make the birds of the country sing. Unlike the French, Japanese and Chinese birds who sing “tudeludelu” (a sound that approximates to the birds singing), according to the song, the Dutch birds sing happier.
According to Des Mangan, this song set the tone for the tradition of meaningless Eurovision lyrics, although he admits that there are other contenders for such a statement.
Eurovision
At the first Eurovision Song Contest in 1956, Parle performed first ( before the performance from Switzerland ). Only the winner was announced at the competition, so the rest of the participants are considered second place winners. Also at the contest, the country was represented by singer Corrie Brocken ( winner of the 1957 contest ) with the song Voorgoed voorbij [1] .