Talk:The Dutchman

shell shock
What's the source for saying Margaret's husband suffers from shell shock? Is there a line that I've never properly understood? (I've always thought of him as simply senile.) —Tamfang (talk) 00:50, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Same here. I propose to change this unless someone can come up with a justification for the shell shock theory. (I know Rotterdam, where he's from, was bombed during the war, but that doesn't seem to be enough to support the theory)Arkenia666 (talk) 13:18, 7 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Clancy suggests this when introducing the song, such as in this YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=429PaSejZCE&list=RD429PaSejZCE . As far as I know, that is speculation. But, the song says Margaret sometimes "sees her unborn children in his eyes." That suggests the couple isn't past childbearing age. SlowJog (talk) 01:40, 4 September 2014 (UTC)


 * To me it suggests mainly that she regrets having no children. Compare "some old love song [that] Margret learned when it was very new". —Tamfang (talk) 02:48, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I see. So, instead of "unborn" meaning "future born" it may mean "never born." SlowJog (talk) 04:54, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

Marg(a)ret
Has anyone seen the sheet music or an official lyrics sheet? I always assumed her name was Margret, with no second "a". That's the standard Dutch spelling AFAIK, and it's definitely sung as two syllables rather than three. Ajericn (talk) 13:05, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

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