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'n Beetje

‘n Beetje

‘n Beetje” (A Little Bit), spelled in full as “Een Beetje,” was the winning song of the Eurovision Song Contest 1959. Performed in Dutch by Teddy Scholten, the song marked the second victory for the Netherlands within the contest’s first four years.

The song is more up-tempo than the previous winners had been, as well as being somewhat less serious. It is sung from the perspective of a young woman being asked by her lover if she is “true” and “faithful”, to which she answers “A little bit”. This unusual admission is then justified by the comment that “everyone is in love at least once”, hence nobody can be said to be entirely faithful to anyone. Befitting the lyrics, the music has a lilt to it which had been missing from the previous winners. Scholten also recorded the song in German (as “Sei ehrlich”), French (“Un p’tit peu”), Italian (“Un poco”) and Swedish (“Om våren”). She sang an English version for British television as “The Moment”.

The song was performed fifth on the night, following Monaco’s Jacques Pills with “Mon ami Pierrot” and preceding Germany’s Alice and Ellen Kessler with “Heute Abend wollen wir tanzen geh’n”. By the end of the voting, it had garnered 21 points, securing the first position in a field of 11.

In 1960, the contest winner was succeeded by Jacqueline Boyer singing “Tom Pillibi” for France.

It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1960 Contest by Rudi Carrell with “Wat een geluk”.

Netherlands“n Beetje”
Eurovision Song Contest 1959 entry
Country
Netherlands
Artist(s)
Teddy Scholten
Language
Composer(s)
Dick Schallies[1]
Lyricist(s)
Willy van Hemert
Conductor
Dolf van der Linden
Finals performance
Final result
1st
Final points
21
Appearance chronology
◄ “Heel de wereld” (1958)
“Wat een geluk” (1960) ►

  • Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1959[7]

  • Detailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, “Een beetje”[8]

Preceded by
“Dors, mon amour” by André Claveau
Eurovision Song Contest winners
1959
Succeeded by
“Tom Pillibi” by Jacqueline Boyer

References

[1]

Citation Linknieuws.nl“Componist en pianist Schallies overleden”. Archived from the original on 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2017-10-10.

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[2]

Citation Linkopenlibrary.orgCatalog of Copyright Entries Library of Congress. Copyright Office – 1962 — Page 339 “THE MOMENT ‘n Beetje. Original lyrics by Willy van Hemert, English lyrics by Johnny Lehmann, m Dick Schallles. Great Britain”

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[3]

Citation Linkwww.eurovision.tvOfficial Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1959

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[4]

Citation Linkwww.diggiloo.netDetailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, “Een beetje”

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[5]

Citation Linkweb.archive.org“Componist en pianist Schallies overleden”

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[6]

Citation Linknieuws.nlthe original

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[7]

Citation Linkwww.eurovision.tvOfficial Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1959

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[8]

Citation Linkwww.diggiloo.netDetailed info and lyrics, Diggiloo Thrush, “Een beetje”

Sep 24, 2019, 7:53 AM
[9]

Citation Linken.wikipedia.orgThe original version of this page is from Wikipedia, you can edit the page right here on Everipedia.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Additional terms may apply.See everipedia.org/everipedia-termsfor further details.Images/media credited individually (click the icon for details).

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