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2008 - Ireland

Performed by: Dustin the Turkey
Music by: Dustin the Turkey, Darren Smith, Simon Fine
Lyrics by: Dustin the Turkey, Darren Smith, Simon Fine
Language: English
This entry did not qualify for the ESC final.
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Irelande douze pointe
Oh, I come from a nation
What knows how to write a song
Oh Europe, where oh where did it all go wrong?
Come on!
 
Irlande douze points
 
Drag acts and bad acts and Terry Wogan's wig
Mad acts and sad acts, it was Johnny Logan's gig
 
Shake your feathers and bop your beak
Shake 'em to the west and to the east
Wave Euro hands and Euro feet
Wave 'em in the air to the turkey beat
 
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
To the funky beat
Come on
 
G-O-B gobble B-L-E, yeah...
 
Hello ABBA, hello Bono, hello Helsinki
Hola Prague, hello sailor, c'est la vie
Auf Wiedersehen, Mamma Mia and God Save the Queen
Bonjour Serbia, g'day Austria
You know what I mean
 
Shake your feathers and bop your beak
Shake 'em to the west and to the east
Wave Euro hands and Euro feet
Wave 'em in the air to the funky beat
 
Shake your feathers and bop your beak
Shake 'em to the west and to the east
Wave Euro hands and Euro feet
Wave 'em in the air to the turkey beat
 
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Aha
 
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points
To the funky beat
Come on
 
Give us another chance, we're sorry for Riverdance
Sure Flatley, he's a Yank
And the Danube flows through France
Block vote, shock vote
Give us your twelve today
You're all invited to Dublin, Ireland
And we'll party the Shamrock way
 
Irlande douze points – Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points – Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points – Irlande douze points
Irlande douze points – to the funky beat
Come on
 
Irlande douze points, Irlande douze points
 
Eastern Europe, we love you
Do you like Irish stew?
Or goulash, as it is to you
(Irlande douze points, Irlande douze points)
 
Yes, it's Bulgaria, we love you
Belarus, Georgia, Montenegro
Moldovia, Albania, Croatia
Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Macedonia
Don't forget Turkey
Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia
Armenia, Bosnia-Herzegova
And don't forget the Swiss – cheese!

The lyrics also contain a few words in French, German & Spanish.

The official title is misspelled "Irelande douze pointe", but in the lyrics it is corrected to "Irlande douze points" ("Ireland twelve points"). There are some other deliberate mistakes in the text, like "What knows how to write a song", "Moldovia" and "Bosnia-Herzegova". In the semifinal, the last lines were: (...) Poland, Russia, Ukraine, don't forget Turkey, Hungary, Estonia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Armenia and Bosnia-Herzegova (...)
  • Hola - Spanish for "hello".
  • C'est la vie - French for "that's life".
  • Auf Wiedersehen - German for "see you".
  • Terry Wogan (1938—) - media personality in the UK, born in Ireland, famous for being the commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest for the BBC.
  • Gobble - the throaty cry of a male turkey.
  • Bono (1960—) - lead singer of the Irish rock band U2.
  • Hello, sailor - sexual proposition made to a sailor, supposing the sailor to be sexually frustrated after a long time at sea.
  • Mamma Mia - a song from ABBA, who have won the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo".
  • God Save the Queen - national anthem of the United Kingdom.
  • Michael Flatley - Irish-American step dancer, who became famous with Riverdance, first performed during the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
  • Danube - European river, originating in Germany and emptying into the Black Sea.
  • Shamrock - a three-leafed clover, symbol of Ireland.
  • Goulash - spicy dish, originally from Hungary.