Welterusten, mijnheer de president

Annotation

The song Welterusten, Mijnheer de President (Groot, Boudewijn) Born 20 May 1944, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Currently Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 121The Guardian: Sounds netherlands history dutch pop↩2Wikipedia (Dutch, via Google Translate): Welterusten, meneer de president↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — European Songs

The song Welterusten, Mijnheer de President (Groot, Boudewijn) Born 20 May 1944, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia Currently Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 12Sources1The Guardian: Sounds netherlands history dutch pop↩2Wikipedia (Dutch, via Google Translate): Welterusten, meneer de president↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Mr President, good night / Sleep well in your beautiful White House / Don't think too much about all those distant shores / Where your boys sit, lonely, far from home / Above all don't think about those forty-six dead / That mistake the other day with that bombing / And forget the fourth of those ten commandments / Which as a good Christian you surely know / Don't think about all those young soldiers at the front / Dying lonely in the far tropical night / Let that soft pacifist clique talk / Mr President, sleep tight / Just dream of triumph and of victory / Just dream of your beautiful ideal of peace / That has never yet been won by bloody murder / Just dream that this time you will succeed / Don't think about all those people perishing / How many women, how many children have been murdered / Just dream that you will come out on top / And don't believe a word of all that opposition / Bayonets with bloodied hilts / Keep watch far from here at your command / For the glory and the honour of the free West / Mr President, sleep tight / Don't be too alarmed when in your dreams / You see all those innocent victims standing / Who died in the fighting over there / And ask you how much longer this must go on / And slowly you too will surely come to know / That there are people who are sick of violence / Who do not forget the blood and the misery / And for whom a human life still counts / Don't dream too much of all those dead people / Just dream sweetly of victory and power /…

About the artist

Born 20 May 1944, Jakarta, Jakarta Raya, Indonesia. Currently Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Themes

Anti-War · LBJ

In collections

European Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years]