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Hetty Blok en Leen Jongewaard - My granddad
Dutch songs with English translation, translated in English
Hetty Blok en Leen Jongewaard - My granddad
Lyrics: Annie M.G. Schmidt / Music: Harry Bannink
(1967)
Hetty Blok en Leen Jongewaard - M'n opa
Tekst: Annie M.G. Schmidt / Muziek: Harry Bannink
(1967)
© copyright translation
Dutch song Ja zuster, nee zuster - M'n opa
with lyrics, music, video and English translation songtext
Every Sunday he dropped by with toffees just for me
I remember all the games that granddad played with me
Playing 'restaurant', of course my granddad was the cook
Playing 'billy-goat cart' and my granddad was the buck
Elke zondagmiddag bracht-ie toffies voor me mee
Ik weet nog de spelletjes die opa met me dee
Restaurantje spelen en m'n opa was de kok
Bokkewagen spelen en m'n opa was de bok
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
Nowhere in Europe you could find someone like him
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
And no one was more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
No one more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
No one more friendly to me
My own old granddad
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
In heel Europa was er niemand zo als hij
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
En niemand was zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n eigen opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
M'n ouwe opa
When I felt bored stiff, I always went to visit him
He came up with little games, he never was too tired
Rolling from the dike and sure my granddad was the dike
Playing for 'detective' and my granddad was the corpse
Als ik me verveelde, ging ik altijd naar hem toe
Hij verzon een spelletje en nooit was ie te moe
Van de dijk afrollen en m'n opa was de dijk
Detectiefie spelen en m'n opa was het lijk
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
Nowhere in Europe you could find someone like him
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
And no one was more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
No one more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
No one more friendly to me
My own old granddad
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
In heel Europa was er niemand zo als hij
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
En niemand was zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n eigen opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
M'n ouwe opa
Watching monkeys in the zoo, together to the beach
And if we were lucky, we saw a real house on fire
Skating with the two of us or sleighing in the snow
Playing 'lion tamer', he was lion then of course
When we were together we had always so much fun
Playing 'fearless bullfighter' and granddad was the bull
Samen naar de apies kijken, samen naar het strand
En als je geluk had, ging je samen naar de brand
Samen op het ijs en met een sleetje in de sneeuw
Leeuwentemmer spelen en m'n opa was de leeuw
Altijd als we samen waren hadden we plezier
Stierenvechter spelen en m'n opa was de stier
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
Nowhere in Europe you could find someone like him
My granddad, my granddad, my granddad
And no one was more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
No one more friendly to me
Nowhere in Europe, my own old granddad
Nowhere was someone like him
No one more friendly to me
My own old granddad
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
In heel Europa was er niemand zo als hij
M'n opa, m'n opa, m'n opa
En niemand was zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
In heel Europa, m'n ouwe opa
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
In heel Europa, m'n eigen opa
Nergens zo iemand als hij
Niemand zo aardig voor mij
M'n ouwe opa
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Hetty Blok (1920-2012) was a Dutch singer, actress and comedian. She performed in many stage shows and television series. Her most well-known role is the singing nurse in the successful television series Ja zuster, nee zuster/Yes sister, no sister (1966-1968), written by Annie M.G. Schmidt, with music by Harry Bannink.
Leen Jongewaard (1927-1996) was a Dutch actor and singer. He is most known for his roles in television series like The sheep with the 5 legs/'t Schaep met de 5 pooten (1969-1970) and A lemon with sugar/Citroentje met suiker (1972-1974). He had a hit with the song 'At a lovely Whitsunday' (1965). In Ja zuster, nee zuster he played the role of granddad.
In the series Yes nurse, no nurse/Ja zuster, nee zuster (1966-1968) they sang (besides above song) songs like 'In a carriage'/'In een rijtuigje', 'Would you like a sprout of the fuchsia'/'Wil u een stekkie van de fuchsia', and 'Together with you under an umbrella'/'Samen met u onder een paraplu'.
Above song was in the National Hit Parade Top 40 for thirteen weeks (highest position: 15). It has been voted once into the Top 2000 (traditionally broadcasted on the radio the last week of the year).
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Annie M.G. Schmidt (1911-1995) was one of the most beloved text writers of the Netherlands. She wrote children's books and poetry, poetry for adults, songs, plays and musicals. She is known for her humor and talent for seemingly easy rhyming.
Other songs written by her, also translated and included on this website, are: 'Marjolijne' (1956), 'But most, most of all' (1959), 'At a lovely Whitsunday' (1965), 'What's the weather today in The Hague' (1966) and 'In a carriage' (1968).
Harry Bannink (1929-1999) was a Dutch composer and pianist. He wrote the music for over 3000 songs, for many artists (like Wim Sonneveld and Wieteke van Dort), songs and musicals written by Annie M.G. Schmidt, theatre shows, radio- and tv-shows, and radio- and tv-shows for children. He is widely considered the best composer for cabaret, television shows and stage songs.
 More translated Dutch songs in the genre 'songs for television series' and more with the theme 'songs about family'. See also the list of Dutch artists with all their songs on this website.
 Lyrics 'M'n opa' on Dutch website: Nederlandse songteksten.
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