Credited on the record as Vader Abraham und "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main".
Boote ohne Hafen
1979 · Philips 6832 188 · Netherlands
- Artist
- Vader Abraham
- Credited on the record as
- Vader Abraham und "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main"
- Title
- Boote ohne Hafen
- Release
- Boote ohne Hafen / O, Julia
- Year
- 1979
- Label
- Philips # 6832 188
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- German
- Country
- Netherlands
- Songwriter
- Pierre Kartner; words Michael Kunze
- Genre
- Schlager · Schlager
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — European Songs
Boots ohne Haffen (Abraham, Vader) 1 DM per record was donated to the Vietnamese refugee help project of the German Red Cross. Lyrics on B-side. German language. Dutch artist
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Boats without a harbor / Drifting out upon the sea / Boats without a harbor / They come from far away... / Open up your hearts / Do not forsake them / People without a homeland / Now place their hope in you and me" __________ German: "Boote ohne Hafen / Treiben draußen auf dem Meer / Boote ohne Hafen / Sie kommen von weit her... / Öffnet alle eure Herzen / Laßt sie nicht im Stich / Menschen ohne Heimat / Hoffen jetzt auf mich und dich
Notes
Philips 6832 188 (GEMA; ℗ 1979 Dureco B.V., an original Dureco production; made in Germany; Phonogram), 4:11: "Boote ohne Hafen" — boats without a harbour — music Pierre Kartner, German text Michael Kunze, sung by Vader Abraham with "Der erste vietnamesische Flüchtlingschor aus Frankfurt/Main" (the first Vietnamese refugee choir of Frankfurt), B side "O, Julia"; the front also carries the Vietnamese title "Thuyền không bến". DM 1 from each copy went to the German Red Cross account 41 41 41 for Vietnam refugee aid (sleeve seal "Spende für die Vietnam-Flüchtlingshilfe · DRK"). Cover: the choir of young Vietnamese in yellow áo dài on a lawn, Vader Abraham inset. Full German lyric on the back: boats without a harbour drifting far out at sea, without water, rice or bread, full of people in need who stretch out their hands and cannot understand that we sleep content while they perish; nowhere…
About the artist
Vader Abraham - stage name of the Dutch singer and songwriter Pierre Kartner, the bowler-hatted, bearded "Father Abraham" of the Smurf records.
Themes
In collections
Children on Record · European Songs · Vietnamese Refugees & Boat People