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Contents.Structure and content The song is a, in 3/4 measure. Typical accompaniment is the accordion. The first verse recounts a childhood experience in the house of the grandparents, a house now occupied by other people and partly converted to office space. The second explains that after having traveled widely the speaker still longs to return to the city 'on the and the '.
A transitional verse suggests that the trees, high above traffic, and the boats on the water are unchanged. According to the refrain, the speaker has given his heart to the Amsterdam canals; Amsterdam fills his thoughts, and nothing could be better than to be an Amsterdammer.
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Print and download in PDF or MIDI Aan de Amsterdamse Grachten. A traditional Dutch song about the cannals of Amsterdam.
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