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Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
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Artist: Jean-Louis Pisuisse
Author: Dirk Witte
Label: His Master's Voice
Year: 1914
Dutch vaudeville classic.
Covers:
Johnny & Jones [duo ending up in concentration camp during WW II never to return; see also: Mijnheer Dinges (Weet Niet Wat Swing Is)]
Max van Praag [as M'n Eerste (Het Meisje Van De Zangvereniging)]
Willy Alberti [idem]
Her name was Gonny Happe, the real M'n Eerste, the girl from the zangvereniging. Witte learned to know her on the Zaandam fair. But their romance didn't last, the water was too deep: her father was a blacksmith, his a headmaster. Probably this same girl inspired Dirk Witte for his Mensch, Durf Te Leven!
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)