LL-L "Songs" 2003.05.29 (01) [E]

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From: Holger Weigelt <platt at holger-weigelt.de>
Subject: "Songs"

> > From: Kristoff Bonne <kristoff.bonne at compaqnet.be
> > Subject: "wat zullen we drinken"
> >
> > Gegroet,
> >
> > Not really a linguistic question; but as the desciption on the
> > LOWLAND-list also mentions "_culture_ of the lowlands" I guess this is
> > also on-topic here.
> >
> > Yesterday-evening there was a interesting (but sad) program on the
> > Belgian TV (called "this song is not of you") about how a folksong got
> > used by different people in the same region who all thought this song
> > was "their"s (and sometimes used it as battle-song against other people
> > who also though this some was "theres").
> >
> > Anycase, the made me think there was a song I know who turned up in a
> > hit-40 number some time ago.
> >
> > The 1998; the German rave-group "Scooter" was in the Belgian top 40 with
> > a number called "how much is the fish".
> > In that song; he used a tune I know from earlier. It was the tune from a
> > song called "7 dagen lang (wat zullen we drinken, 7 dagen lang)".
> >
> > After doing some web-surfing, I found that the version I know came from
> > a dutch band called "bots" but that the song was not originally from
> > them.
> > (There apparently also was a german version of the 'wat zullen we
> > drinken" song around; perhaps that's where Scooter got it from).
> >
> > Some further surfing showed two possible links:
> > - One message in a NG said it was a Irish folksong.
> > - Another source pointed to a Britanic (??? Nl: Bretoens) song called
> > "Son Ar Chistr".
> >
> > So; my questions:
> > - Does somebody have an idea about the origin of this song?
> > - Are the lyrics of the different versions "related"? ("Son Ar Christ"
> > sounds kind-of religious; which cannot be said about the drinking-song I
> > know in dutch).
> > - Is this songs also know in other parts of Europe or outside Europe?
> >
> > Cheerio! Kr. Bonne.
>
Hello Kristoff !
Several years ago one version of this song sung by a french (brittanic)
singer (anybody remembers the name ?) accompanied by harp was very
popular
amongst young people in Germany and I always believed it being a
brittanic
tune.
Greetings
Holger

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