If you want to share the football craze in Netherlands, take this tip from me - Learn the lyrics of this song. I'm memorizing the lines the best I can despite the fact that I understand only 3 words out of 10 what it's saying.
This is one of the many epic football celebration songs that will be played whenever Dutch team scores a goal. Then you will see everybody in the pub dancing and spraying beer all over the place.
I was told that the origin of this song somewhat had to do with Germans. There was a parody German song about Dutch, so later on the Dutch composed another song just for themselves. Wait, that's a totally different song.
Old version
2010 Edit version
De Tijd Is Weer Gekomen, Tijd Voor Een Groot Feest,
Dat Wil Je Echt Niet Missen, Hier Moet Je Zijn Geweest,
Samen Heffen Wij Het Glas, Een Ode Aan Het Bier,
We Proosten Op Een Leven Vol Plezier, Feesten Doen We Hier
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
Geniet Van Alle Mensen, Ze Gaan Van Tent Naar Tent,
Iedereen Is Uitgelaten, De Stemming Is Ongekend,
De Kraan Die Stroomt Op Volle Kracht, We Drinken Er Nog Een,
Oktoberfest Dat Is Voor Iedereen, Niemand Alleeen
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
Gaan Staan En Laat Het Klinken, Ein Prosit Tot Het End,
We Zullen Samen Drinken, Je Bent Hier Wie Je Bent
En We Zingen Nog Een Keer
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
We Zijn Er Weer Bij En Dat Is Prima, Viva Hollandia,
We Houden Van Het Leven, De Liefde En De Lust,
We Feesten Door Tot 's Avonds Laat, Nog Lang Niet Uitgeblust
We Zijn Er Weer Bij
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Now I found the German song about Dutch! It's Wir Sind Die Holländer by De Toppers. The song was commemorating FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany.
Correction: The song has a mix of German lyrics and Dutch lyrics. Mainly it's about teasing German stealing bikes ( wikipedia about this, German was claimed to steal Dutch's bikes to cycle back to Germany during WW2 ), and Dutch strikers with horny legs. Don't ask me. It's just funny!
There goes 2 songs that will rule my head in 2010.
July 3, 2010
It's the Dutch thing!
I came home early today, expecting the traffic to be clear on the road while everyone, literally EVERYONE will be in the pubs watching Netherlands-Brazil match. Of course, as we all agree, Brazil is the favourite and how on earth Netherlands claimed the victory was just amazing.
So, on my way back from the grocery shop nearby, I was put to deft by the 30 minutes continuous blazing celebration with honkings, screamings, vuvuzela-ing, bicycling-bling-bling and all other types of noise generating mechanisms you can think of. People were so happy in the streets, and shopkeepers were doing happy dance, or babbling to me in Dutch. Since I was dressed in Blue and not the national Orange, I supposed she asked if I was not a foodball fan. Of course, I picked an easy answer "Ja!"
Here's a sample of the loyal Orange fans. I'll hunt down the video from Dutch's victory against Brazil a few days later. That should be epic since it came unexpected!! Till then, people.
So, on my way back from the grocery shop nearby, I was put to deft by the 30 minutes continuous blazing celebration with honkings, screamings, vuvuzela-ing, bicycling-bling-bling and all other types of noise generating mechanisms you can think of. People were so happy in the streets, and shopkeepers were doing happy dance, or babbling to me in Dutch. Since I was dressed in Blue and not the national Orange, I supposed she asked if I was not a foodball fan. Of course, I picked an easy answer "Ja!"
Here's a sample of the loyal Orange fans. I'll hunt down the video from Dutch's victory against Brazil a few days later. That should be epic since it came unexpected!! Till then, people.
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