Repentance song

Reuze Papa at the giant parade in Cassel.

The Reuzenlied (also Reuze Lied , "giant song "), French: L'air du Reuze or L'air de Geant , is a folk song of the Flemish Carnival that is popular in Flanders and Brabant .

It is played at the giant parades there during the carnival. The giant himself appears in the Dunkirk and Cassel parades .

In the historical circulation area that today extends over France , Belgium and the Netherlands , it is also a popular children's song , the text of which there is a French version and several variants of a Flemish / Dutch version.

The tune also sounds every quarter to the hour from the carillon of the Belfry of Dunkirk across the city.

Web links

Text and melody

• Flemish text on Musicum.eu
• Sheet music, French and Flemish text on fr.wikisource

Figure of the giant Reuze

• extensive page on the giant Papa Reuze in Cassel on geantheque.org, the website of the Association La Ronde des Géants

The song in sound and video

• Band versions with vocals and instrumentation by
  • Folkcorn and
  • Fladderak

• The song of the marching band (without text) at the giant parades in
  • Dunkirk 2010 Bande de Malo with traditional instruments and
  • Cassel 2009 with fanfare parade

• Choral version of Het Sint-Niklase with varied text
• Bell version of the carillon from Sint-Romboutstoren , Mechelen

all on Youtube

Individual evidence

1. ^ Edmond De Coussemaker: Chants populaires des flamands de France, Souvenirs Scandinaves , XLIV. REUZELIED on Wikisource
2. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ http://www.geantheque.org/les_geants/59_cassel/reuze_papa/reuze_papa_de_cassel.php