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Welterusten meneer de president

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"Welterusten meneer de president"
Single by Boudewijn de Groot
from the album Boudewijn de Groot
LanguageDutch
English titleSleep well, Mr. President
ReleasedFebruary 26, 1966 (1966-02-26)
Recorded1965
Genre
Length2:30
LabelDecca
Songwriter(s)
Boudewijn de Groot singles chronology
"Een meisje van 16"
(1965)
"Welterusten meneer de president"
(1966)
"Ken je dat land]"
(1966)

"Welterusten, meneer de president" (Dutch: Sleep well, Mr. President) is a 1966 Dutch-language Dylanesque protest song, sung by Boudewijn de Groot. Like most of his other songs, it was co-written by songwriter Lennaert Nijgh. The music was composed by Boudewijn de Groot himself. The song is a protest against the war in Vietnam and the US president of the time, Lyndon B. Johnson and solidified De Groot as a protest singer.

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