"Dukkemann" (English: Puppet man) was the Norwegian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967 in Vienna, performed by Kirsti Sparboe on her second appearance for her home country.
It finished in joint 14th place with 2 points alongside the entries from The Netherlands and host nation Austria.
Lyrics[]
Det var en søt liten dukkemann
En så fri og freidig og glad
Han lo av de andre små dukker, han, å ja...
For denne særegne dukkemann
Tenk, han var skarpsindig som få
Han sa at de henger jo alle mann i tråd
Han lo av de dumme små dukker som danset
På ordre frå noe de ikke forstod
Han lo så han hikstet, men plutselig stanset han opp
For hans tråd den ble klippet i to
Og se vår særegne dukkemann
Han forsto: hvis dansen skal gå
Da må man nok sprelle som alle mann i tråd
Han lo av de dumme små dukker som danset
På ordre frå noe de ikke forstod
Han lo så han hikstet, men plutselig stanset han opp
For hans tråd den ble klippet i to
Så ble vår særegne dukkemann
Uten liv og måtte forstå:
En tråd har en snelle, så hvis man vil telle
Da må man nok sprelle som alle mann i tråd
There was a sweet little puppet man
One who was so free and perky and happy
He laughed at the other small puppets, he did, oh well...
Because this peculiar puppet man
Thought he was as clever as only few are
He uttered that they were all attached to a string
He laughed at the stupid small puppets who were dancing
On orders of something they didn't even understand
He laughed himself to tears, but suddenly he stopped
Because his string was cut in half
And now look at our peculiar puppet man
He's understood now: If you want the dance to go on
You have to jump up and down1 on your string like everyone else
He laughed at the stupid small puppets who were dancing
On orders of something they didn't even understand
He laughed himself to tears, but suddenly he stopped
Because his string was cut in half
So our peculiar puppet man
Lost his life and he had to understand:
A string is attached to a spool, so if you want to be taken seriously2
You have to jump up and down on your string like everyone else
Videos[]
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