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The Night Watch

Shine, shine

The light of good works shine

The watch before the city gates

Depicted in their primeThat golden light all grimy now

300 years have passed

The worthy captain

And his squad of troopers standing fastThe artist knew their faces well

The husbands of his lady friends

His creditors and councilors

In armor bright, the merchant menOfficial moments of the guild

In poses keen from bygone days

The city fathers frozen there

Upon the canvas dark with ageThe smell of paint, a flask of wine

And turn those faces all to me

The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft

And Dutch respectabilityThey make their entrance one by one

Defenders of that way of life

The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie

Guitar lessons for the wifeSo many years, we suffered here

Our country racked with Spanish wars

Now comes a chance to find ourselves

And quiet reigns behind our doorsWe think about posterity again

And so the pride of little men

The burghers, good and true

Still living through the painter's hand

Request you all to understand

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