Als ik de koning was van Nederland [English translation]

If I was king of this country, there would be a ribbon rain 1

But those who would have got the highest awards until now

Wouldn't even be mentioned in the newspaper

Yes, for the girls who nurse the retarded

I would consider the highest award

Something very special in the noblesse

If I was the King of the Netherlands

All those who carry wood and stones through all kinds of bad weather

And build our homes and hospitals

They'd become commander or adjutant

Then the nightman might consider himself baron

And the baker would marry a dowager

The farmer would become a Knight of the Garter

If I was the King of the Netherlands

If I was king of this country, than you'd experience something special

Then all those weird VIP rooms would be abolished

Normal people are just as interesting, aren't they?

So for myself a palace would be exorbitant

From a house where I couldn't give a hunting party

I would rule my kingdom with with a firm hand

If I was the King of the Netherlands

If I was king of this country, it would be even

If you would want to read the Koran or the Bible

Or the philosophers, like Kant

Then I would want to cure all those people

Who fear damnation and Judgement Day

Then I would bail out all those people

If I was the King of the Netherlands (4x)

1. On the day before King's Day (formerly the day before Queen's Day) thousands of royal awards, informally called "lintjes" (ribbons), are given out at the same time. Mostly this is done by the mayor of each municipality who reaches out the ribbons to the awarded in the town hall.