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A very typical Dutchman blues

from Blue Scotland Navy by eddie cairney

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A very typical Dutchman blues

Verse 1
Lived in an octagon tae stop the fechtin’
Far frae flat hame
Beyond here was the deep grey
And Orkney

Verse 2
Jan de Groote was given rights fur a ferry
Far frae flat hame
He could’ve stayed put and saved the pain
Was he insane

Chorus
Jan de Groot was a typical Dutchman
Wi the North Sea in his blood
Abel Tasman on a smaller scale
Aye the seas were tough as hell
We ees kin he staked a claim
Tae the last toon ‘fore the main
Blazed a trail for Calmac Ferries
Way back then

Verse 3
Technically some o the Dutch are livin’
Under the sea
Puts things in perspective
Explains the man’s directive
Comprehensively

Verse 4
He coulda ventured south tae Spanish costa
Far fra flat hame
He coulda ended up on a Spanish bonfire
All on his ain

Chorus

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from Blue Scotland Navy, released October 19, 2015

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eddie cairney Scotland, UK

Eddie Cairney is one of the country's most prolific songwriters and Scotland's best kept songwriting secret with 99 albums to date and another 100 plus in the pipeline. He has written new music to almost all of Robert Burns works totalling over 900 new songs. He writes in a great many genres, from folk to orchestral. He is also one of Scotland's most accomplished rock/blues piano players. ... more

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