Verse 1 
 
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The Dutchman's not the kind of man 
                                      
Who keeps his thumb jammed in the dam 
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That holds his dreams in, 
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But that's a secret that only Margaret knows. 
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When Amsterdam is golden in the summer, 
          
Margaret brings him breakfast, 
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She believes him. 
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He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow. 
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He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes, 
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Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes. 

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Let us go to the banks of the ocean 
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Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee. 
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Long ago, I used to be a young man 
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And dear Margaret remembers that for me.
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Verse 2 
 

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The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes, 
 
His cap and coat are patched with the love 
D5 
That Margaret sewed there. 
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Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam. 
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And he watches the tug-boats down canals 
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An' calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain. 
     G5 
Till Margaret comes 
            C5 
To take him home again 
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Through unforgiving streets that trip him , though she holds his arm , 
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Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name. 
 
Chorus 
 
Verse 3 
 

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The winters whirl the windmills 'round 
 
She winds his muffler tighter 
         D5 
And they sit in the kitchen. 
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Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew. 
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And he sees her for a moment, calls her name, 
                             D5 
She makes the bed up singing some old love song, 
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A song Margaret learned 
            C5 
When it was very new. 
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He hums a line or two, they sing together in      the    dark. 
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The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out. 
 
Chorus