In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who sings
Of the dreams that he brings
From the wide open sea
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who sleeps
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In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who dies
Full of beer, full of cries
In a drunken town fight
In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who's born
On a hot muggy morn
By the dawn's early light
In the port of Amsterdam
Where the sailors all meet
There's a sailor who eats
Only fish heads and tails
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In the port of Amsterdam
You can see sailors dance
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In the port of Amsterdam
There's a sailor who drinks
And he drinks and he drinks
And he drinks once again
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In the port of Amsterdam
In the port of Amsterdam
tradotto per Bowie da un testo di J. Brel