- Een Speeldoos
Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Netherlands Een Speeldoos
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year = 1963
country = Netherlands
artist = Anna Maria Palmen
as = Annie Palmen
with =
language = Dutch
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composer = Pieter Goemans
lyricist = Pieter Goemans
conductor = Eric Robinson
place = 13th
points = 0
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1963nl from Diggiloo Thrush]
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prev = Katinka
prev_link = Katinka (song)
next = Jij Bent Mijn Leven
next_link = Jij Bent Mijn Leven"Een Speeldoos" (English translation: "A Musical Box") was the Dutch entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1963 , performed in Dutch byAnnie Palmen .The song describes the romance between a shepherd and a shepherdess - both of whom are figures on a music box. Palmen explains that, even when the music was played, the duo could not move any closer to each other. After the supernatural intervention of "a fairy", the two became a couple.
The song was performed second on the night (following the
United Kingdom 'sRonnie Carroll withSay Wonderful Things To Me and precedingGermany 'sHeidi Brühl with Marcel). At the close of voting, it had received the dreaded "nul points", earning the Netherlands the unwanted distinction of failing to score in two consecutive years. The song shared last place in a field of 16 withFinland 'sLaila Halme withMuistojeni laulu ,Norway 'sAnita Thallaug withSolvherv andSweden 'sMonica Zetterlund withEn Gång I Stockholm .It was succeeded as Dutch representative at the 1964 Contest by
Anneke Grönloh withJij Bent Mijn Leven .
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