DANS LA FORÊT LOINTAINE
Created on 30/04/2006Latest update on 07/05/2024
Artist: Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari
Author: Giacomo Gotifredo Ferrari
Year: 0000
Italian composer (1763-1842) most active in France. This children song became famous all over Europe: as Il Cucù (The Cuckoo) in Italy, as Il Cuco Canta Alegre and as Jugando Al Escondite in Spain, as Jeg Gikk En Tur Pa Stien in Norway, as In The Faraway Forest in England and as De Uil Zat In De Olmen in the Netherlands, the only country where the cuckoo became an owl and where the tune hit (twice).
Covers:
- 1970:
Birgitte Grimstad [from Norway as Jeg Gikk En Tur Pa Stien]
- 1970:
Kabouterkoor De Puntmutsen [as De Uil Zat In De Olmen]
- 1971:
Holland [melody in Hans Brinker Symphonie; top 10 NL]
- 1974:
Vader Abraham & Boer Koekoek [n°1 NL as Den Uyl Is In Den Olie during the oil crisis; Bob den Uyl was minister-president, Hendrik Koekoek member of the Tweede Kamer]
- 1976:
Jaap Dekker Boogie Set [as De Uil Zat In De Olmen]
- 1990:
Wim de Bie [idem]
- 1995:
Ron Brandsteder [idem]
