- Petit Bonhomme
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Luxembourg Petit Bonhomme
caption =
year = 1962
country = Luxembourg
artist = Camille Jean Nicolas Felgen Camillo Felgen
as = Camillo Felgen
with =
language = French
languages =
composer = Jacques Datin
lyricist = Maurice Vidalin
conductor = Jean Roderes
place = 3rd
points = 11
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1962lu from the Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link = À Force De PrierPetit Bonhomme (English translation: "Little Boy") was the
Luxembourg ish entry in theEurovision Song Contest 1962 , performed in French byCamillo Felgen .The song is a ballad, with Felgen singing to a boy he identifies as his son near the end of the lyric. He tells him that there are many more experiences for his generation than the older one and that this is a good thing.
The song was performed fourteenth on the night (following the
United Kingdom 'sRonnie Carroll withRing-A-Ding Girl and precedingItaly 'sClaudio Villa withAddio, addio ). At the close of voting, it had received 11 points, placing 3rd in a field of 16.It was succeeded as Luxembourgish representative at the 1963 Contest by
Nana Mouskouri withÀ Force De Prier .
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