The song is called The Dutchman..... the lyrics....
The Dutchman's not the kind of man To keep his thumb jammed in the dam That holds his dreams in But that's a secret only Margaret knows When Amsterdam is golden in the morning Margaret brings him breakfast She believes him He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow He's mad as he can be but Margaret only sees that sometimes Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes
(chorus) Let us go to the banks of the ocean Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee Long ago I used to be a young man And dear Margaret remembers that for me
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes His cap and coat are patched with love That Margaret sewed in Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam He watches tugboats down canals And calls out to them when he thinks he knows the captain 'Til Margaret comes to take him home again Through unforgiving streets that trip him Though she holds his arm Sometimes he thinks that he's alone and calls her name
(chorus)
The windmills whirl the winter in She winds his muffler tighter They sit in the kitchen Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew He sees her for a moment calls her name She makes the bed up humming some old love song She learned it when the tune was very new He hums a line or two They hum together in the night The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out
By clicking on the User Name, you will requery the forum for that user. You will see everything that he or she has posted with that Mudcat name.
By clicking on the Thread Name, you will be sent to the Forum on that thread as if you selected it from the main Mudcat Forum page.
By clicking on the Subject, you will also go to the thread as if you selected it from the original Forum page, but also go directly to that particular message.
By clicking on the Date (Posted), you will dig out every message posted that day.