Aan de Amsterdamse grachten

By the canals of Amsterdam
I’ve given my whole heart forever
Amsterdam fills my thoughts
As the most beautiful city in our land

All those Amsterdam people
All those lights late at night in the square
No one could wish for anything better
Than to be an Amsterdammer

There’s a house by the canal in old Amsterdam
Where I came to visit my grandmother when I was eight
Now a strange man sits in the front room
And that lovely attic has turned into an office

Only the trees, the trees, high above the traffic
And over the water, a little boat goes by just like before

By the canals of Amsterdam
I’ve given my whole heart forever
Amsterdam fills my thoughts
As the most beautiful city in our land

All those Amsterdam people
All those lights late at night in the square
No one could wish for anything better
Than to be an Amsterdammer

All those Amsterdam people
All those lights late at night in the square
No one could wish for anything better
Than to be an Amsterdammer