The Dutchman lyrics

The Dutchman's not the kind of man

Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam

That holds his dreams in

That's a secret only Margaret knows

When Amsterdam is golden in the summer

Margaret brings him breakfast, she believes him

He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow

He's mad as he can be, Margaret only sees that sometimes

Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes

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

Dear Margaret remembers that for me

The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes

And his cap and coat are patched with the love

Margaret sewed there

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

Margaret comes to take him home again

Through the unforgiving streets that trip him

Though she holds his arm

Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name

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 winter whirls the windmills 'round

She winds his muffler tighter, they sit in the kitchen

Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew

He sees her for a moment, he calls her name

And she makes the bed up, singing some old love song

She learned it when the song was very new

He hums a line or two, they hum together in the dark

The Dutchman falls asleep, Margaret blows the candles out

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

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