On my classic rock website, www.rockmaven.com, I often received emails asking about a song about a mouse in clogs or something to that effect. I researched the info and found the song, "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam". It is still one of the most viewed pages on my site, so I thought I would put it here to help others searching for this information. _____________________________
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A WINDMILL IN OLD AMSTERDAM
Q: I'm trying to find a song. It has the lyrics a mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam living in a windmill in old Amsterdam there on the stair where on the stair right there I think Ronnie Carroll sang it in the 60's thanks for any help you can give. Thanks - Tom
A: Hello Tom-
Thank you for taking the time to send me your question.
I believe you are looking for "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" written by Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge. I was done by Ronnie Hilton and also by Freddie and the Dreamers in 1965. Jessi Colter recently did a version of this song as well. You can hear sound clips of this song at amazon.com I have enclosed the lyrics below.
I hope this has been helpful.
Please let me know if I can assist you with anything else.
Thanks - Raven
PS - Jessi Colter has a cd called "Around the World". There is a song called "Windmill in Old Amsterdam" on it. I'm not 100% certain if it is the same song or not.
PPS. - You can hear samples of both the Ronnie Hilton Version and Freddie and the Dreamers version at amazon.com. The Ronnie Hilton is out of print, but used copies are available. The Freddie and the Dreamers version can be found on the Best of Import cd.
A WINDMILL IN OLD AMSTERDAM **
A Windmill In Old Amsterdam
A mouse lived in a windmill in old Amsterdam
A windmill with a mouse in and he wasn't grousing
He sang every morning, "How lucky I am,
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam"
Chorus:
I saw a mouse
Where?
There on the stair
Where on the stair?
Right there
A little mouse with clogs on
Well, I declare
Going clip clippity clop on the stair
Oh yeah
This mouse he got lonesome, he took him a wife
A windmill with mice in, it's hardly surprising
She sang every morning, "How lucky I am,
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam!"
Chorus
First they had triplets and then they had quints
A windmill with quints in, and triplets and twins in
They sang every morning, "How lucky we are
Living in a windmill in Amsterdam, ya"
Chorus
The daughters got married and so did the sons
The windmill had christenings when no one was listening
They all sang in chorus, "How lucky we am
Living in a windmill in old Amsterdam"
Chorus
A mouse lived in a windmill, so snug and so nice
There's nobody there now but a whole lot of mice.
** Disclaimer: I do not claim rights to these lyrics. These lyrics are the property of the copyright holder and are republished here for the sole purpose of research under Title 17 of the United States Code for Copyright law.
(for anyone who is unclear - I am reposting this from my own website - www.rockmaven.com. The disclaimer above is the standard disclaimer for those publishing song lyrics for the purpose of research under Title 17 of the United States Code for Copyright Law. It does not mean I have copied this content from someone else's website to post here.)
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Contributor's Note
This is my own content taken from my own site. While there may be info about this particular song on other sites on the net, this is my own particular write up of the info. You can see my original posting of this info from 2005 at http://rockmaven.com/windmill.htm
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