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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Compagnons De La Chanson
Author: Marcel Achard/Georges Van Parys
Label: Columbia
Year: 1956
From eponymous Christian-Jaque film, with a young Jean-Louis Trintignan. "Si tous les gars du monde décidaient d'être copains". Crediting Marcel Achard for the lyrics while most of the words came from La Ronde autour du monde, a poem by Paul Fort (1872-1960) where it goes: Si tous les gars du monde voulaient se donner la main, just like with Raymond Van het Groenewoud's 'cover'.
Covers:
Sergio Endrigo [as Girotondo Intorno Al Mondo, crediting Paul Fort]
Raymond van het Groenewoud [in Marc Didden's debut film Brussels By Night; similar refrain (Si tous les gars du monde voulaient se donner la main) and mood; rest of the lyrics and music all his own]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)