- Verão
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song = "Verão"
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year = 1968
country = Portugal
artist = Carlos Mendes
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language = Portuguese
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composer = Pedro Vaz Osório
lyricist = José Alberto Diogo
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place = 11th
points = 5
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lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1968pt from Diggiloo Thrush]
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next_link ="Verão" (English translation: "Summer") was the Portuguese entry in theEurovision Song Contest 1968 , performed in Portuguese by Carlos Mendes.The song in the "chanson" style, popular in the early years of the Contest. Mendes sings about his feelings at the end of a summer, which he describes as "a dream that ended" but seems unwilling to discuss further. He adds, however, that summer will always return, a thought which seems to cheer him.
The song was performed first on the night (preceding the
Netherlands 'Ronnie Tober with "Morgen"). At the close of voting, it had received 5 points, placing 11th in a field of 17.It was succeeded as Portuguese representative at the 1969 Contest by
Simone de Oliveira with "Desfolhada Portuguesa ".
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