Allons, allons les enfants

"Allons, allons les enfants"
Eurovision Song Contest 1961 entry
Country Monaco
Artist(s) Colette Deréal
Language French
Composer(s) Hubert Giraud
Lyricist(s) Pierre Delanoë
Conductor Raymond Lefèvre
Finals performance
Final result 10th
Final points 6
Appearance chronology
◄ Ce soir-là (1960)   
Dis rien (1962) ►

"Allons, allons les enfants" ("Let's go, let's go children") was the Monegasque entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1961, performed in French by French singer Colette Deréal.

The song is a call from Deréal to the children of the world to get out of the towns and into the wider world to celebrate the joys of Spring. She sings that this is the only way for them to truly live.

The song was performed second on the night, following Spain's Conchita Bautista with "Estando contigo" and preceding Austria's Jimmy Makulis with "Sehnsucht". At the close of voting, it had received 6 points, placing 10th in a field of 16.

It was succeeded as Monegasque representative at the 1962 Contest by François Deguelt with "Dis rien".

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