Artist: Dirk Bos
Author: Dr. J.J. Viotta/Jan Pieter Heije
Label: Jumbo
Year: 1910
Tenor from Groningen. Amsterdammers Viotta and Heije were both doctor and poet. Viotta promoted on the human voice. They also cowrote Sint Nicolaas, better known as Zie De Maan Schijnt Door De Bomen (1843).
Covers:
Emile Van De Bosch [as Zilveren Vloot for Homocord/liliput]
Albert de Booy [for Colibri and in '33 for Puck]
Oom Bob [as De Zilvervloot]
Spelbrekers [idem]
Johnny Jordaan [as De Zilvervloot]
Holland [as Hans Brinker Symphony with members of Golden Earring, Earth & Fire and sisters Patricia & Yvonne Paay]
Piet Hein defeated the Spanish armada, seizing large amounts of silver and gold. When Ajax and Feyenoord started defeating Spanish top teams Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the early seventies, Dutch football supporters had no better choice for a matching theme song.
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Arnold Rypens
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