Hup Holland Hup
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Hup Holland Hup is a Dutch football song. It was written in 1950 by KRO
employee Jan de Cler
The lyrics are in dutch, but roughly translate to:
KRO
KRO, or Katholieke Radio Omroep , is a Dutch public broadcasting organization founded on 23 April 1925. Broadly Catholic in its spiritual outlook, KRO broadcasts the bulk of its television output on the Nederland 1 channel. KRO is also responsible for managing broadcasts made by the Catholic Church...
employee Jan de Cler
The lyrics are in dutch, but roughly translate to:
- Go Holland go
- Don't make the lion look foolish
- [Lit.: "Don't let the lion stand in his little vest". Note that "hempie" is a popular diminutive for "hemd" which can be translated as "shirt". The formal diminutive for "hemd" is "hempje".]
- Go Holland go
- Release the animal
- [Lit.: "Don't let the animal wear slippers". Note that "beessie" is a popular diminutive for "beest" which can be translated as "animal". The formal diminutive for "beest" is "beestje".]
- Go Holland go
- Don't let them take you back
- [Lit.: "Don't let them beat you out of the field". Note that the order of the words in this sentence is altered to better fit the melody.]
- Because the lion wearing football shoes
- Can take on the whole world