The Dutchman-Makem and Clancy

[ti:The Dutchman] [ar:Makem and Clancy] [al:The Makem & Clancy Concert] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Dutchman - Makem and Clancy [00:52.04]The Dutchman's not the kind of man [00:55.43]To keeps his thumb jammed in the dam [00:58.93]That holds his dreams in [01:02.38] [01:06.59]But that's a secret only Margaret knows [01:11.71] [01:13.20]When Amsterdam is golden in the morning [01:17.65]Margaret brings him breakfast, she believes him [01:23.43] [01:27.32]He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow [01:33.58]He's mad as he can be [01:35.76]But Margaret only sees that sometimes [01:40.12]Sometimes she sees [01:41.55]Her unborn children in his eyes [01:49.13]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [01:55.36] [01:56.08]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee [02:02.29] [02:03.03]Long ago, I used to be a young man [02:09.23] [02:09.94]And dear Margaret remembers that for me [02:16.41] [02:21.07]The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes [02:24.68]His cap and coat are patched with the love [02:27.94]That Margaret sewed him [02:31.32] [02:35.56]Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam [02:40.97] [02:42.36]He watches tug-boats down canals [02:45.86]And calls out to them [02:48.06]When he thinks he knows the captain [02:52.99] [02:56.61]Till Margaret comes to take him home again [03:01.55] [03:02.26]Through the unforgiving streets that trip him [03:06.17]Though she holds his arm [03:09.33]Sometimes he thinks he's alone calls her name [03:14.76] [03:17.71]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [03:24.41] [03:25.21]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee [03:31.60] [03:32.16]Long ago, I used to be a young man [03:38.22] [03:39.07]And dear Margaret remembers that for me [03:44.46] [03:53.78]Windmills whirl the winter inwind [03:56.26] [03:57.11]She winds his muffler tighter, they sit in the kitchen [04:03.14] [04:07.78]And tea with whiskey keeps away the dew [04:13.43] [04:15.00]He sees her for a moment, calls her name [04:19.28]She makes his bed up coming some old love song [04:26.11] [04:29.36]She learned it when the tune was very new [04:35.51]He hums a line or two [04:38.32]They hum together in the night [04:41.13] [04:42.15]The Dutchman falls asleep [04:44.99]And Margaret blows the candle out [04:48.84] [04:51.93]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [04:58.32] [04:58.97]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee [05:05.24] [05:05.91]Long ago, I used to be a young man [05:12.89]And dear Margaret remembers that for me [05:19.32] [05:19.86]Let us go to the banks of the ocean [05:26.10] [05:26.83]Where the walls rise above the Zuiderzee [05:32.88] [05:33.71]Long ago, I used to be a young man [05:40.09] [05:40.77]And dear Margaret remembers that for me