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:
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]
Straatzangers [idem]
Johnny Jordaan [idem; and in '75 with Willy Alberti]
Manke Nelis [idem]
Ria Valk [as Witte Rozen (Dan Gaat M'n Spaarpot Open)]
Zangeres Zonder Naam [both as De Vlieger and Witte Rozen]
Jo Leemans [as Witte Rozen (Jantje Was Een Kleine Kleuter)]
Nico Haak & De Paniekzaaiers [with own lyrics and a different melody]
André Hazes [top 20 NL again with different lyrics and melody, crediting Antonius Le Roy, André's nephew; and in '79 as Witte Rozen]
Martijn Fischer [the André Hazes in biopic Bloed, Zweet En Tranen]
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).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
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Arnold Rypens
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