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The history of our beloved city Amsterdam in 3 minutes.

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Amsterdam
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
but it ain't nothing but a swomp.
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
yet in ain't nothing but a swamp
As a short version of a long history
that started somewhere in the 12th century
with people floating down the dutch waterways
looking for some land and a place to be
where they could settle down with famely and friends
get the good times going on and
that's the type of people that started up the town now known as
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
but it ain't nothing but a swomp.
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
yet in ain't nothing but a swamp
Well the good times didn't last that long
for a tax man came along
who was followed by the inquisision
whom shurely burned up some of the fun
thinking they could get the town under their thumb
but by golly they were wrong
Caus they never got rid of all of us
Pirates freaks and hoodlumscum from
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
but it ain't nothing but a swomp.
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
yet in ain't nothing but a swamp
And some of these freaks from Amsterdam
said let's make slavery our coorporate scam
well send others to take over foreign lands
and we'll make the money as the middle man
and as colonialism turned to capitalism
or any kind of ism that could cause a scism
where the rich gentrified from the common man
still free trade it ain't fair trade here in
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
but it ain't nothing but a swomp.

Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
yet in ain't nothing but a swamp
Dacht je net ik volg het verhaal
lullen zei ineens in een andere taal
deze stad is een vrijhaven van ons allemaal
en soms ben je hier de koning van het heelal
maar door handhavers en huigelaars
burocraten kwakzalvers en verzekeraars
is deze stad naar de klote gegaan
maar we sleuren jullie wel
uit jullie grootheids waan want
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
but it ain't nothing but a swomp.
Amsterdam ain't nothing but a bayou baby
where they talk real funny and they act real tough
yet in ain't nothing nothing but a swamp

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from We want you! (to decolonize the new world order), released April 1, 2022

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Three street musicians from amsterdam/tennessee. Banjo, Gut bucket and Chinese chopstick

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