"Son ar chistr" ("The song of the cider" in the

Breton language Breton (, ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic language family spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albeit as a member of t ...

, "Ev Chistr ’ta Laou!" originally) is a traditional song of

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, whose words in Breton were written in 1929 by two

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teenagers Jean Bernard and Jean-Marie Prima. The melody became known by the interpretation of the famous Breton singer

Alan Stivell Alan Stivell (; born Alan Cochevelou on 6 January 1944) is a French, Breton and Celtic musician and singer, songwriter, recording artist, and master of the Celtic harp. From the early 1970s, he revived global interest in the Celtic (specifically ...

in the 1970s and in 1977 by the Dutch band

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under the name "Zeven dagen lang".

Use

The song is still used by folk groups around the world and has been translated into many languages. Though many groups keep the popular motif, the lyrics sometimes differ completely from the original. Recordings include: * Elen Guychard - ''Tudjentil Baod'' (1940) * Kevrenn Saint-Malo & Jacques Malard - ''Ev Chistr Ta Laou! Skaer'' (1959) *

— ''Son Ar Chistr'' (1970) *

— ''Zeven dagen lang'' (1976) *

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— ''La Mariée'' (1976) *

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— ''Was wollen wir trinken'' (1977) *

— ''Sieben Tage lang'' (1980) *

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— ''Gulliver'' (1980) *

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— ''Ev Chistr 'Ta, Laou!'' (1987) * Rabauken — ''Was wollen wir trinken'' (1995) * De Höhner — ''Was wollen wir trinken sieben Tage lang'' (1995) * The Pitcher — ''Drink'' (1995) *

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— ''Wat zullen we drinken (1998)'' * Scooter — ''

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'' (1998), (2006) * Александр Пушной — ''Почём Камбала?'' (1999) * Non Servium — ''Seguimos siendo'' (1999) *

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— ''Medley Aus 6 Liedern'' (1999) *

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— ''Ev Sistr'' (2001) * Bullig — ''Was Sollen Wir Trinken'' (2001) *

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— ''Espiral'' (2002) * Blackmore’s Night — ''All For One'' (2003) * Gigi & Die Braunen Stadtmusikanten ( Daniel Giese) — ''Was wollen wir singen'' (2004) *

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— ''7 Tage Lang'' (2006) * Dick O'Brass — ''Son ar Christ'' (2006) * Ray Fisher,

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- ''

Willie's Lady Willie's Lady is Child ballad number 6 and Roud #220. The earliest known copy of the ballad is from a recitation transcribed in 1783. A variant of this ballad was one of 25 traditional works included in ''Ballads Weird and Wonderful'' (1912) and i ...

'' (2006) * The Highstreet Allstars — ''Rock That Beat'' (2007) *

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— ''Jan Pillemann Otze'' (2008) *

K.I.Z K.I.Z is a German hip hop group from Berlin. The members are the three rappers Tarek, Nico and Maxim. Until 2018, DJ Craft was also part of the group. Their lyrics often contain a lot of dark humor and irony as well as sociocritical content. ...

— ''Was kostet der Fisch'' (2009) * Leshak/Лешак — ''Was wollen wir trinken'' (2009) * Gens Goliae — '' La sidra'' (2010) * Meldis — ''Son ar Sistr'' (2010) * Молот — ''Вперёд, Товарищ!'' (2010) * Teekkarikuoro - ''Sahtilaulu'' (2010) * Tikkey A. Shelyen — ''Во славу сидра'' (2011) *

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( Sodom) — ''Was wollen wir trinken'' (2011) * Basslovers United — ''Drunken'' (2012) * Джек и Тень — ''Ev Sistr'' (2012) * Hakka Muggies — ''Den už končí'' (2012) * F.R.A.M. — ''Ev Sistr'' (2013) *

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— ''Twerk Anthem'' (2013) *

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, Jefferson Hamer — ''Willie's Lady (Child 6)'' (2013) * TheEWYFSFridge — ''I used to love her'' (2014) * Lesya Roy - ''А як ти підеш на війну'' (''How will you go to the war?'') (2015) * Marc Korn — ''6 Pounds'' (2016) * Gwennyn — ''Avalon'' (2016), '' Breizh eo ma bro!'' (2017) *

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— ''Lvgvs'' (2017) * DArtagnan — ''Was wollen wir trinken'' (2017) *

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, MC Focus - ''Wat Zullen We Drinken '' (2018) * Marc Korn, Jaycee Madoxx — ''Miracle'' (2019) *

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— ''The Chase'' (2020) * Ringnes-Ronny — ''VI SKA BLI FULLA'' (2021) *

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— ''Lev Mette'' (2021) * Bordó Sárkány — ''Két világ'' (2021)

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