Lyrics - Dutch
(folk song from the Netherlands)
De kop van de kat was jarig
zijn pootjes vierden feest
het staartje kon niet meedoen
dat is pas ziek geweest
het kwam pas uit het zieken huis
en had zo’n pijn in z’n keel
en al dat dansen en dat springen
dat was hem veel te veel.
English Translation – Cat Head
The cat’s head was [having a] birthday
his paws were celebrating
the tail could not participate
that has just been sick
it just came out of the hospital
and had such a pain in his throat
and all that dancing and that jumping
that was way too much for him.
See also
- country: Netherlands
- subject: cats
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Melody: descending major pentascale
- Meter: 4
- Scale: hexachord
- Tones: drmfsl
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody