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John McDermott lyrics
The Dutchman 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 snows
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 Zuiderzee
Long ago I used to be a young man
And dear Margaret remembers for me.
The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and his coat are patched with love
That Margaret sewed in
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
He watches tug boats 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
A tripping though she holds his arm.
Sometimes he thinks that he's alone
And calls her name
(Chorus)
The windmills swirl. The winter air
She winds his muffler tighter
They sit in the kitchen
And the tea with wiskey keep away the dew
He sees her for a moment, calls her name
She makes his bed up
Humming some old love song.
She learned it when the tune was vey new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night
The Dutchman falls asleep
And Margaret blows the candle out.
Other John McDermott lyrics:
Instrumental Medley 1 lyrics
Gesu Bambino lyrics
Panis Angelicus lyrics
Ave Maria lyrics
What Child is This lyrics
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming lyrics
O Holy Night lyrics
Instrumental Medley 2 lyrics
O Little Town of Bethlehem lyrics
The Holly and the Ivy lyrics
Silent Night lyrics
Somewhere a Child is Sleeping lyrics
Old Tin Star lyrics
Christmas Memories lyrics
The Secret of Christmas lyrics
Suo Gan lyrics
Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon lyrics
One Last Cold Kiss lyrics
The Bard of Armaugh lyrics
Mother Machree lyrics
Fairwell to Pripchat lyrics
The Skye Boat Song lyrics
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose lyrics
The Massacre of Glencoe lyrics
The Parting Glass lyrics
She Moved thro' the Fair lyrics
The Metting of the Waters lyrics
The Old Man lyrics
Amazing Grace lyrics
Lachin Y Gair lyrics
No change in Me lyrics
Sonny's Dream lyrics
Hello in There lyrics
Natives lyrics
Guardian Angel lyrics
Friend like you lyrics
Never Be the Sun lyrics
Voyage lyrics
Here, There and Everywhere lyrics
When You and I were Young, Maggie lyrics
Mary of Argyle lyrics
Oh Rowan Tree lyrics
Steal Away lyrics
The Green Isle of Erin lyrics
The Mountains of Mourne lyrics
The Last Rose of Summer (another version) lyrics
My Bonnie lyrics
Wild Mountain Thyme lyrics
The Spanish Lady lyrics
Galway Bay lyrics
The Cliffs of Dooneen lyrics
The Fields of Athenry lyrics
The Harp That Once lyrics
The Spinningwheel lyrics
Annie Laurie lyrics
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms lyrics
Flow Gently Sweet Afton lyrics
Barbara Allan lyrics
The Lark in the Clear Air lyrics
Kathleen lyrics
When I Grow Too Old To Dream lyrics
My Ain Folk lyrics
Bluebells of Scotland lyrics
Scotland For Ever (Scotland the Brave) lyrics
The Green Fields of France lyrics
By Yon Bonnie Banks lyrics
Danny Boy lyrics
The Last Rose of Summer lyrics
The Old House lyrics
The Rose of Tralee lyrics
The Sun is Burning lyrics
Christmas in the Trenches lyrics
Auld Lang Syne lyrics
Danny Boy (A Cappella) lyrics
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda lyrics
The Faded Coat of Blue lyrics
The Minstrel Boy lyrics
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