Wooden Shoes
Cabaret Songs: Wooden Shoes
text by Rodney Sharman
Wooden shoes,
Wooden heart,
Wouldn' listen...
Self-contained,
Self-absorbed,
Self-sufficient...
Wise friends said go ahead,
Bed, but don't wed
From the Netherlands!
Les amis
de Paris
tous m'ont dit:
"Ne touche pas
les gens des
Pays-Bas!
"Don't expect much
From the cold-hearted Dutch.
Chaussures en bois?
Prends garde a toi!
Les Hollandais sont des vrais 'Coeurs de Bois'."
Et enfin,
In the end,
There'll be scant praise
For his "sauce hollandaise".
Copyright Rodney Sharman, July, 2008