The Dutchman
Key D (Capo 2nd Fret)
Intro1 2 1234 C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4
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 Zuyder Zee
Long ago I used to be a young man and dear Margaret remembers that for me
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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
Till Margaret comes to take him home again through unforgiving streets
That trip him while she holds his arm sometimes he thinks that he’s alone and calls her name
Chorus
Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise above the Zuyder Zee
Long ago I used to be a young man and dear Margaret remembers that for me
C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4
The windmills swirl the winter in, she winds his muffler tighter
They sit in the kitchen and the tea with whiskey keeps 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 very new, he hums a line or two
They hum together in the night, the Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out
Chorus x 2
Let us go to the banks of the ocean where the walls rise above the Zuyder 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 Zuyder Zee
Long ago I used to be a young man and dear Margaret remembers that for me
C 2 3 4 C 2 3 4

The Dutchman
Bass
Piano
Guitar
Strings
High Strings
Flute
Chorus strings
Harmony Flute
Mandolin
Drums
"The Dutchman"
Arranged by Frank Lennon
flennon@indigo.ie
www.socc.ie/~midiclass
www.socc.ie/~irishmidifiles
Key D