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A bunch of guys was in this bar room
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Most of them had been there half the day
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They'd been telling jokes and fairy tales lying
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Just to pass the time away
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Then suddenly someone cracked the bar room door
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And then pushed it open wide
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And this huge tall dark dude
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Bowed his head and stepped inside
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I wonder where he's from?
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Some blonde asked
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The wind must have blown him in
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But an old Dutchman offered him a drink
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What will it be, whisky, rum or gin?
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Sick him Fido, a redhead shouted
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Show him his way back to the street
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But the Great Dane just walked over and licked his hand
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And lay down at his feet
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He said if you spare me that drink, Dutchman
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I promise I'll tell you how
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That I came to be the helpless sight
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That stands before you now
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I used to be an artist
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Not one who sits and fiddle out on the curb
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But in my day and time
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My music was considered superb
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I wrote a song about a poor kid
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Raised down in New Orleans
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It didn't make the hall of fame
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But it bought us shrimp, rice and beans
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He kept at it until it made the big time,
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Playing town after town
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Until he met a woman he fell in love with
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And it really turned his life around
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She had eyes like Cleopatra
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And a head of luxurious hair
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With the brilliance of her beauty
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None other could compare
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When she lifted her eyes to his
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Her lips would fall apart
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Each time she allowed him kiss her
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It near petrified his heart
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But when he ask her would she marry him
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He'd give her everything he had
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She turned and walked away
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And it nearly drove him mad
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He promised her a half a million
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And would even pay in advance
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If she would let him prove himself
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Or at least give him a chance
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And if he should go blind
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And had to use his hands to feel
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He would hire someone to do her work
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And prepare her every meal
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How could a man love a woman so much?
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Not one of you would think!
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Well, I did and I still do
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Hey Dutchman, you promised me a drink!