VLIEGER, DE

Created on 04/07/2017
Latest update on 26/09/2026

Artist: Duo Hofmann
Author: Enrico Paoli/George Hofmann
Label: Odeon
Year: 1931

George & Truus. See also: Jans Pommerans Uit Nieuweschans. Enrico Paoli is an alias for Henk Paauwe.

Covers:

1935:

Willy Derby [as Witte Rozen; different Paoli lyrics, also about Jantje, who instead of a kite is about to get a baby little sister; so with a bouquet of white roses he enters the maternity to hear his little sister was stillborn, while his mother didn't survive the delivery either]

1957:

Straatzangers [idem]

1962:

Johnny Jordaan [idem; and in '75 with Willy Alberti]

1963:

Manke Nelis [idem]

1966:

Ria Valk [as Witte Rozen (Dan Gaat M'n Spaarpot Open)]

1968:

Zangeres Zonder Naam [both as De Vlieger and Witte Rozen]

1968:

Jo Leemans [as Witte Rozen (Jantje Was Een Kleine Kleuter)]

1971:

Nico Haak & De Paniekzaaiers [with own lyrics and a different melody]

1977:

André Hazes [top 20 NL again with different lyrics and melody, crediting Antonius Le Roy, André's nephew; and in '79 as Witte Rozen]

1986:

Koos Alberts

1993:

Sjonnies

2009:

Lee Towers & Dré Hazes

2015:

Martijn Fischer [the André Hazes in biopic Bloed, Zweet En Tranen]

2017:

André Hazes Jr.

2026:

Guido Belcanto [as Witte Rozen on album Het Paviljoen Der Menselijke Driften; claims "Tearjerkers are the blues of the lowlands"]

For Walter De Buck's 't Vliegerke, see: Es war in Schoeneberg im Monat Mai. Witte Rozen by Willy Alberti and Gert & Hermien were covers of Une Rose (Laurent Rossi - '68).

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