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Welterusten meneer de president - Boudewijn de Groot
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Mijnheer de president, welterusten.
Slaap maar lekker in je mooie witte huis.
Denk maar niet te veel aan al die verre kusten
waar uw jongens zitten, eenzaam, ver van thuis.
Denk vooral niet aan die zesenveertig doden,
die vergissing laatst met dat bombardement.
En vergeet het vierde van die tien geboden
die u als goed christen zeker kent.
Denk maar niet aan al die jonge frontsoldaten
eenzaam stervend in de verre tropennacht.
Laat die weke pacifistenkliek maar praten,
mijnheer de president, slaap zacht.
Droom maar van de overwinning en de zege,
droom maar van uw mooie vredesideaal
dat nog nooit door bloedig moorden is verkregen,
droom maar dat het u wel lukken zal dit maal.
Denk maar niet aan al die mensen die verrekken,
hoeveel vrouwen, hoeveel kinderen zijn vermoord.
Droom maar dat u aan het langste eind zult trekken
en geloof van al die tegenstand geen woord.
Bajonetten met bloedige gevesten
houden ver van hier op uw bevel de wacht
voor de glorie en de eer van het vrije westen.
Mijnheer de president, slaap zacht.
Schrik maar niet te erg wanneer u in uw dromen
al die schuldeloze slachtoffers ziet staan
die daarginds bij het gevecht zijn omgekomen
en u vragen hoe lang dit nog zo moet gaan.
En u zult toch ook zo langzaamaan wel weten
dat er mensen zijn die ziek zijn van geweld,
die het bloed en de ellende niet vergeten
en voor wie nog steeds een mensenleven telt.
Droom maar niet te veel van al die dode mensen,
droom maar fijn van overwinning en van macht.
Denk maar niet aan al die vredeswensen.
Mijnheer de president, slaap zacht

Misschien eens een Engels versie van maken en naar het witte huis sturen <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Zeer toepasselijk.

mooi <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />

ik ken dan liedje ergens van <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Ik was er al op aan't wachten. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Mischien moeten we "tante Julia" eens naar Bush sturen?
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

schitterend idee <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

for faile: a translation:

Mister President, Goodnight.
Sleep well in your nice White house.
Don’t think too much about all the distant shores
Where your boys are, lonely, far from home.
Don’t think about the 46 dead,
That mistake on the last bombardment.
And don’t forget the 4th of the 10 commands
Which you’ll know as a good christian.
Don’t think about all the frontline soldiers
Dying lonely in the far tropicalnight.
Let the soft pascifists talk,
Mister president, sleep tight.
Dream about victory and glory,
Dream about your nice peace idealism
Which has never been achieved by bloody killings,
Dream that you’ll obtain it this time.
Don’t think about all those people leaving,
how many women and children that have been murdered.
Dream that you’ll be pulling the longest end (??)
And don’t believe a word of all the resitanec.
Bayonets with bloody hilts
are standing guard far away, awaiting your command
for the glory and honour of the free West.
Mister president, sleept tight.
Don’t be too scared when in your dreams
you’ll see all the innocent victims
that have died in combat
and who are asking you how long this will go on.
You’ll know by now
that there are people sick of all this violence
who won’t forget the blood and misery
and for whom a human life still counts.
Don’t dream too much about all these dead,
have some sweet dreams about victory and power.
Don’t think about all these peace wishes,
Mister president, goodnight.

... but in Dutch it Rymes <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

LOL @ Soul, you beat me, I was planning to do exactly the same when I heard the song on the radio yesterday, posting it offcourse.

yeah right <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

I was in the car yesterday getting to my 'kot' when the song was on the radio and I figured I could post this on forums... I forgot about it yesterday evening, and now Soul has done it.

ok <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> i see <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
I thought of it too.
Specially when I heared it on tv. I think it was on the "7the day" or another talk/info show.

didn't hear it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shame.gif" alt="" />

Last thursday the same text was recited by a student during the protestation in Ghent, at noon at the Korenlei (where the city was overwhelmed by a "musical bombardment" (by Das Pop, a.o.) - "to give the people an idea of what it sounds like to be in Baghdad during the bombing") - Actually she just jumped on the stage after the event and nicely asked Luc Alloo (who was "presenting" the event) if she might read it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

thanks viper, i appreciate it.
who is the author?

Boudewijn De Groot
(see Soulflyer's post, next to the title of the song <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> )

ah, i see. i had missed that. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ouch.gif" alt="" />

HEHE, it's easy to overlook it

Yes, he's a special kind of artist/performer here in Belgium. You've got the mainstream BV's (bekende vlamingen - famous flamisch (people) ) and amongst them are ofcourse singers. But the quality of their songs is really bad, and Boudewijn de Groot is, together with other singers and performers, classified under the name "klein kunst", which means small art. Some of them sing in typical, region bound languages and so on ... the thing is, they don't follow what is popular or not, and they are not afraid to say what is wrong with society ...

Another thing is ... I think I've heard he had written that a long time ago ... (was it during Vietnam? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" /> ), but I'm not completely sure