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Who sang Siffler sur la colline?

Joe Dassin released the song Siffler sur la colline. Date of release: 1969.

Release date: 1969
Duration: 02:38
Writer(s): Laurenzo Pilat
Producer(s): Jacques Plait
The story of the song ' Siffler sur la colline '

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The meaning of the song 'Siffler sur la colline ', based on the lyrics
What is Siffler sur la colline about?
🎶 Siffler sur la colline song analysis

- The singer sees a woman near some laurel trees, watching over her white sheep.

- When he asks her where she gets her fresh skin, she tells him that shepherdesses are beautiful when they roll in the dew.

- But when he told her that he wanted to roll in the dew too, she told him to go whistle on the hill and wait for her with a small bunch of sweet peas.

- He picked some flowers and whistled as much as he could, but she never came.

- One day, at the village fair, he sighed and told her that he wished he was an apple hanging on a tree, and that every time she passed by, she would take a bite...

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This explanation is based on the lyrics of ‘Siffler sur la colline’. The meaning is of course subject to interpretation.
The meaning of the song lyrics, in a few words...
The man talks to a woman who attracts him.
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Joe Dassin - Short Biography


- Joseph Ira Dassin was born on November 5, 1938 in New York.

- Dassin was a singer, composer and writer.

- Dassin was American and French.

- Dassin died on August 20, 1980 in Papeete, Tahiti.
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- The song 'Whistling on the Hill' by Joe Dassin is the fourth track on the first side of his 1969 album 'Joe Dassin'.

- The song is about a man who whistles on the hill.

- He is happy and free, and he doesn't care what people think of him.

- The song is a metaphor for living life to the fullest and not worrying about what others think.

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