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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The Dutchman's
not the kind of man
Who keeps his thumb jammed
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That holds his dreams in,
But that's a secret that only Mar
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garet knows.
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Verse 2
When Amsterdam is golden
in the summer,
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Margaret brings him breakfast,
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She believes him.
He thinks the tulips bloom
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beneath the snow.
Verse 3
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He's mad as he can be,
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but Margaret only sees that sometimes,
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Sometimes she sees her unborn
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children in his eyes.
Verse 4
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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Where the walls rise above
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the Zuider Zee.
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Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Now dear Margaret remembers
Interlude 1
that for me.
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Verse 5
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{Instrumental] The
Dutchman still wears wooden shoes,
His cap and coat are patched
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with the love
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That Margaret sewed there.
Sometimes he thinks he's
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still in Rotterdam.
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Verse 6
He watches the tug-
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boats down canals
Calls out to them when he thinks
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he knows the Captain.
Till Margaret comes to take
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him home again
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Through unforgiving
Verse 7
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streets that trip him,
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though she holds his arm,
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Sometimes he thinks he's alone
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and he calls her name.
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Verse 8
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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Where the walls rise above
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the Zuider Zee.
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Am
Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Now dear Margaret remembers
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{Instrumental] The
Verse 9
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windmills
whirl the winter in
She winds his muffler tighter
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As they sit in the kitchen.
Some tea with whiskey
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keeps away the dew.
Verse 10
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He sees her for a moment,
calls her name out,
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While she makes the bed up singing
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some old love song,
A song Margaret learned
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when it was very new.
Verse 11
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He hums a line or two,
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they sing together in the dark.
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The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret
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blows the candle out.
Verse 12
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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Where the walls rise above
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the Zuider Zee.
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Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Now dear Margaret re
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members that for me.
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Verse 13
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Let us go to the banks of the ocean
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Where the walls rise above
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the Zuider Zee.
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Long ago, I used to be a young man
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Now dear Margaret re
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members that for me.
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Verse 14
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Now dear Margaret re
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members that for me.
Outro 1
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