Vertaling van: Youp van 't Hek - Flappie
It was Christmas morning 1961
I still remember it so well, my rabbit's cage was empty
And mother said that I wasn't allowed in the shed
And if I'd play sweetly, I would get some goodies
She had no clue either where Flappie could be
She would ask daddy, but because he was busy
In that bike shed, I should look for Flappie for another hour
He must certainly be somewhere on the grass
But I did lock the cage securily
Like I did every evening
I even went back last night
I don't even know why I did that
I had stood in front of the cage for a long while
As if I knew then what I know now
It was the first day of Christmas 1961
We were searching for Flappie, and dad just searched along
Near the trees and the water, but not in that bike shed
'Because he couldn't be in there?' And I shook 'no'
We searched together, together until it was time for coffee
The family having coffee, but I didn't want anything
I was thinking of Flappie and how cold and freezing it could be at night
My head hung down quietly, crying fat tears of sorrow Because I did lock the cage securily
Like I did every evening
I even went back last night
I don't even know why I did that
I had stood in front of the cage for a long while
As if I knew then what I know now
It was the first day of Christmas 1961
Dinner was noisy, but it didn't bother me much
I was thinking of Flappie, my own little Flappie
Where could he be? I couldn't eat a bite
When after the soup the main course'd arrive
My dad said extremely funny: "Look Youp, here is Flappie!"
I still see that silver tray and there he was in three pieces
For the first time I saw my dad as a horrible man!
And I went to bed shrieking and pounding
First spend an hour crying on the covers
Stood cursing at the top of the stairs one last time
And screamed: "Flappie was mine!"
Stood in front of the window for a very long while
But the cage just stood there forlorn
It was the second day of Christmas 1961
Mother still remembers it so well, dad's bed was empty
And I said that she wasn't allowed in the shed
And if she'd play sweetly, she would get some goodies
I still remember it so well, my rabbit's cage was empty
And mother said that I wasn't allowed in the shed
And if I'd play sweetly, I would get some goodies
She had no clue either where Flappie could be
She would ask daddy, but because he was busy
In that bike shed, I should look for Flappie for another hour
He must certainly be somewhere on the grass
But I did lock the cage securily
Like I did every evening
I even went back last night
I don't even know why I did that
I had stood in front of the cage for a long while
As if I knew then what I know now
It was the first day of Christmas 1961
We were searching for Flappie, and dad just searched along
Near the trees and the water, but not in that bike shed
'Because he couldn't be in there?' And I shook 'no'
We searched together, together until it was time for coffee
The family having coffee, but I didn't want anything
I was thinking of Flappie and how cold and freezing it could be at night
My head hung down quietly, crying fat tears of sorrow Because I did lock the cage securily
Like I did every evening
I even went back last night
I don't even know why I did that
I had stood in front of the cage for a long while
As if I knew then what I know now
It was the first day of Christmas 1961
Dinner was noisy, but it didn't bother me much
I was thinking of Flappie, my own little Flappie
Where could he be? I couldn't eat a bite
When after the soup the main course'd arrive
My dad said extremely funny: "Look Youp, here is Flappie!"
I still see that silver tray and there he was in three pieces
For the first time I saw my dad as a horrible man!
And I went to bed shrieking and pounding
First spend an hour crying on the covers
Stood cursing at the top of the stairs one last time
And screamed: "Flappie was mine!"
Stood in front of the window for a very long while
But the cage just stood there forlorn
It was the second day of Christmas 1961
Mother still remembers it so well, dad's bed was empty
And I said that she wasn't allowed in the shed
And if she'd play sweetly, she would get some goodies