Hendrik Haan

Hello Mrs. Vervoort
Have you heard
Hendrik Haan from Koog Aan De Zaan
Left the tap open
For hours, hours it was open
The whole kitchen is flooded
Just think for a moment
The floor was just scrubbed

Hello Mrs. Van Dore
You must hear
Hendrik Haan from Koog Aan De Zaan
Left the tap open
For seven days it was open
The whole house is flooded
Just think for a moment
All the furniture was floating

Hello Mrs. Van Wal
Do you know the news
Hendrik Haan from Koog Aan De Zaan
Left the tap open
For seven weeks it was open
The whole street is flooded
Just think for a moment
All the cars were floating

Hello Mrs. Van Kamp
Do you know about the disaster
Hendrik Haan from Koog Aan De Zaan
Left the tap open
For seven months it was open
The whole city is flooded
Just think for a moment
No one left alive (All drowned)

Look, who is coming?
Hendrik Haan from Koog Aan De Zaan
Hendrik, how did it go?
Did you leave the tap open?
"Oh," said Hendrik, "it was just a moment
The whole story is exaggerated
The kitchen mat slightly wet
Promptly mopped up
It happened, it's done"
Said Hendrik Haan

All the ladies quickly went back home disappointed