windmill in old amsterdam (I saw a mouse) Ronnie Hilton

[CWMTAWETOMCAT]

my god this takes me back 35 years used to love the picture sleeve it came in and the b side ugy bug ball

[juniorgadgetworld]

my dad sung this 4 a copycats audition

[bamimuis77]

WTF that isn't Amsterdam

[Jocasta113]

heeeeeeeeelllllllllppppppppppp



[farmbutter]

magic!

[leetowser7]

I sing this with my GF and we love it ^-^

[bamipambi]

two years ago two parents went out for dinner. A few hours later the babysitter was calling to see if she could cover the clown statue in the kid's room. the father said, "get the kids out of the house, we'll call the police, we don't have a clown statue." The "clown statue" was actually a killer that escaped from jail. If you don't post this onto 10 videos tonight the clown will be in your bed at 3:00 AM with a chainsaw in his hand. Sorry don't want this to happen to me

[feloni67]

this was the first 45 i ever bought a cover by someone not this original by the great ronnie hilton -the b side was the 'ugly bug ball'- classic!

[Howie987654321]

My dad used to sing that to me everyday!

Oh... The good old days

[edwardliddle]

just chllin' with a mouse down my trousers....

[ruddiger121]

brings back memories from my school days lol,,,,

[gilllew]

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHILDHOOD SONGS. PROBABLY FIRST HEARD IT WAS ON THE CHILDRENS CHOICE (WHICH WAS ON A SATURDAY MORNING) ANOTHER SONG I ALSO LIKED (FROM THAT TIME) WAS "IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN"

[jamer153]

1957WalkerAdrian..... Dude it was Ed Stewarts JUNIOR Choice!! LMAO yes i remember well n im 48!!!

[DimpleScot]

thumbs up if you're here because of gary tank commander!

[mistofoles]

This mouse he was lonely, he got him a man, a windmill with gays in is hardly amazin' !...

[rebellenwitwe]

@mistofoles Einfach nur gut - Danke!!!!!!!!!

[rebellenwitwe]

Auf dieses Video antworten... Riesendank fürs Reinstellen - hab ich in den 60ern 1000 x auf BFBS gehört - genau die Version.

[mandy999100]

ace

kids love this x

[1957WalkerAdrian]

Ed Stewart, childrens choice, who remembers.

[ravidor123]

14 people don't like clogs!! D: :P

[kidramez]

what is this magix?

[andysim232]

my mum used to sing this to me as a kid!. She died 5 months ago and I keep thinking about this song, I dont know why =(

Miss you mum.

[clivegrah]

class......pure class...Thanks for uploading it.

[MsTeddydog]

Myles Peter Carpenter Rudge (8 July 1926 – 10 October 2007) was an English songwriter famous for writing the lyrics for novelty songs. His songs "Hole in the Ground" and "Right Said Fred" were both Top 10 chart hits in the UK in 1962, both recorded by Bernard Cribbins to music by Ted Dicks and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. His song "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" was a hit in 1965 for Ronnie Hilton.

[Mrsimonjolly]

Bygraves or Hilton,made no difference to my crazy clogg wearing uncle.

[Bertiemarmite1]

Make the flippin film. we love it ...............and so do my grandchildren ! XX

[Bertiemarmite1]

Still love your Daddy's mouse tunes !! I am teaching it to my grandchildren !! Pleae make a TV program about the mice !! Before our generation forgets and then it will be lost !!! Soooooo many people from my generation loooooove this, Do it for your Dad xx

[ty3165]

just feed the little fuckers good grade weed

[jmicheleg]

I grew up on this song too, taught it to my kids and now I've just taught it to my grandkid's, they love it. We have added our own words though, the mice now wear crocs.....:)

[meriton932]

Oh, those happy biking times in Holland. Moments to treasure. I love the dog on the little ferry boat in the video. Unfortunately I do remember when this song was a "Real Hit". It was just as CHEESY then, (Dutch pun!) as it is now. dadx.

[Bertiemarmite1]

Open this space up again ......we like it

[Bertiemarmite1]

La La La 11

[Bertiemarmite1]

Sill love you're Daddy's song !!

[MrBooojangles]

I always thought it was Max Bygraves singing this because it sounds like him, I was wrong obviously.

[Mrsimonjolly]

My uncle used to kick us senseless to this tune....right there on the stairs.Ahh,great days.

[lilyandrio]

i was bought up on this song.... my nan sang it and us kids loved it,xxx love u nan rip,xxxxxxxx

[Bertiemarmite1]

fABULOUS !!!

[Bertiemarmite1]

Me tooo...........Love this and I'm 56 AND TEACHING IT TO MY GRANDCHILDREN !!

[yorkshireluke666]

Why do they chuck mice into wooden clogs??

[funtyrone]

i think i first heard this back in 2004, while my sister and i were at an arcade, and this was featured on some weird redemption game where you had to catch as many of those things as you can before time runs out.

[MissiHamster]

love this song! :L

[chestypants78]

I guy I worked with used to sing this, and oh how I laughed. Other people thought we were crazy singing it, but why not. There was a mouse on the stair.

[Bertiemarmite1]

Sooooo makes me happy, bless your Daddy !! xxx

[phyllisaurusRex]

lovely song :D

[Faaaaaaye]

THIS IS MY FAVOURITE SONG EVER <3

[jorn1233]

LOL I only know the dutch version, I didn't know there was an english one xD.

just came here by accident.

dutch version: /watch?v=bXs3Ba79n7U

[andyhammond1973]

So glad found this. My wife thought I was mad singing this song. I think she thought I'd made it up! I now sing it to my son with pride.

[knapsuck]

i remember my dad singing this to me, lovely memories

[UltimateStarlight]

...living in a windmill in old amsterdam... :)

[conechiewa1]

"jacko ye missed a bit"

"where"

"right there !"

"WHERE"

"THERE ON THE STAIR, WHERE ON THE STAIR , THERE ON THE STAIR RIGHT THERE A LITTLE MOUSE WI CLOOOGS ON THERE ON THE STAIR GOIN CLIP CLIPITY CLOP ON THE STAIR OH YEAH!" ha class

[deank858]

@conechiewa1 Brilliant Mate :L

[MakeLikeATreeAndGo]

@conechiewa1 Hello talking clock, no its me gary

[wirechair]

this song was for a show or something?

[chickencoop297]

my class in school won a competition back in 2001 I think I was only 8 or 9

[mtheadedwally]

Amazing - brings back so many memories. And when I first saw a windmill at Singleton Country Park, Aw! we were on a school trip, saw the windmill and all started singing the bloody song, despite our teachers' best efforts to silence us!

Amazing!

[singemajeep]

Christmas number 1 2011!!!!

[SillyYak13]

I had this played for me on Radio 1 when i was 8, i'm 50 now. lol

[Metal666Mark]

I like how the song is about a mill in Amsterdam and the video footage is from another Dutch town called Gouda. Didn't know that an english version of this song existed. I only know the dutch version.

[yummymummy100100]

Im smiling!

[eekwibble]

@patwillis The irony is that you didn't get that mspratz was joking. And that it was blatantly obvious. -.-

[KeepTheFaith1000]

OMG !!! THIS IS MY CHILDHOOOD SONG my dad used to sing it to me XD

[Kenleypolanco96]

i luv dis song :)

[mistress1967]

Can you tell me Huggable what school did you go to? I'm also 42 grew up in England but now live Canada. I remembe this song too!

[battywattywoo]

I visited a restored windmill on Sunday (not in Amsterdam, though), and kept humming this tune all afternoon; still can't get it out of my head!

[troybacklight]

told ya i was not mad

[andysim232]

Ive not heard this in more than 20 years, I remeber I used to play in on my 45rpm and sing along with mum. sooooo long ago. Thanks for posting.

[cerealdude64]

my dad who grew up in England used to sing this to me when i was small (: great song.

[billythebus]

Ahh childhood!

[AnonInEng]

i have a mouse in my flat at the moment, cute little thing but i must get rid of the bugger as it might invite its friends in. This song is funny and has lessened my anxiety about knowing i have a mouse in my house..

[RobertHartlepool]

@AnonInEng From the song,"First they had triplets and then they had twins," I wouldn't ponder on the situation too long if I was you.

[mspratz]

And then the cruel bastard grinds em up!!! poor mice....

[mspratz]

What about the Mice who got violently 'hurled' into the clogs! They were probably real in those days..

[patwillis]

@mspratz Those are the wood-shavings...

[mspratz]

@patwillis I was kidding!!! talk about no sense of ironic humour!!!

[lbrowne86]

BRILLANT!!!! WHAT A FUNNY VIDEO

[norwind]

Junior choice with Ed Stewart (Stewpot) in the 70s lol

[poormate]

@norwind can't agree with you more ,I've got the lot on my playlists .We go to the races every year and in a drunken haze on the bus sing along to two little boys ,little white bull etc ,and the all time classic, the laughing policeman.Best stress breaker ever being kids again for a couple of hours

[norwind]

@poormate Yes it was revived for a Christmas special

[tenpinjohn89]

Why is there a mouse down her pants??? xoxox

[tenpinjohn89]

Why is there a mouse down her pants??? xoxox

[mvschimpf]

That was a cute song except the part with the lady covered in mice!  My mum used to listen to this when she was my age!

[manitee]

i remember when this record first came out! how sad is that, for an even older fart!

[J07LH]

COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[weaselidiotu]

this is severely retarded

[mistofoles]

Nice to hear a cameo from the Bee Gees at the end!

[hiyadroogs]

Something about this wonderful silly song just makes you glad to be alive! Brilliant.

[TheBpoolbry]

omg

[HuggableAngel]

OMG wow my class used to sing this in primary school lol . i was like 8 lol im 42 now and still remember the words LOL .. not bad for an old fart lol

HUGs

HuGsTaH

[drakesdrum1]

I remember singing this in school as well. I'm 15. Truly, this is a song which transcends age barriers.

[ciona94545]

@HuggableAngel Yay, me too! I was 6 and now I'm 30.

[bobbj77]

@HuggableAngel LOL, im 47 and I remember it too

[sandi43able]

@HuggableAngel I am 44 years old I think we are both old farts lol lol

[yvonne5919]

yess this was a song from rudi carrell from holland .ik zag een muis in een molen in amsterdam .

[charade97]

I haven't Ronnie Hilton's name mentioned since I came to Australia in 1967! Nice to hear his voice again.

[lukepaul72]

nice to hear this without arnold barking (tony blackburns dog)

[LollieSmith]

@lukepaul72 hehe yeh remember arnold.

[lukepaul72]

@LollieSmith great days when the world seemed much more innocent when i listen to this i can almost taste the bacon sandwiches

[battywattywoo]

I'm so glad the video was recommended for me. I loved the song about 30 years ago, when Maria & Keith used to sing it on A Handful of Songs; this rendition is great, too. The white mice on the girl's head are too cute for words!

[dangermouse1964]

My god the missus wanted this on........I remember it when it was on telly.........I am old lol

[Tigerlilys123]

My grandad hahaah :D

[medrecs]

This brings back memories of my childhood! Good to hear the old songs again.

[ilovecollecting]

@medrecs

Me too! I remember listening to this on a big old-fashioned valve radio back in '65 - gosh - do I feel OLD...

[MrKingtiger007]

I love this song takes me back to happier times in upwey nr weymouth where i spent the first 7 years of my life now almost 40yrs later i am a welshman through and through .CYMRU AM BYTH

[smartmart59]

I'm wearing a nice black Cardigan and my so called friends are calling me Val Doonican so I stated singing this only to be further taken the piss out of cos it wasn't him who sang it! I'm sure he must have at some point! Whatever we all started to sing it!

[scrioter404]

this is so fucking hilarious when your high

[mkr10001]

LOVE THIS

reminds me of being a child!! :D

[Perranporth]

They used to play this song to us at school, but I never realised it was this famous!

Happy memories!

[hensanddi]

We just got back from Amsterdam where we saw a mouse on a stair, took a picture of it in fact...Our English friends started singing this song which we had never heard of. thanks this is fun.

[gf1001]

I love this heard this lots of times as a kid brilliant thanks for posting.

[TheDangerousdoug]

I am an English immigrant and

I work in maintenance for a housing foundation in Canada, i just read a work request from a tennant saying that she had seen a mouse on the stair, i started singing this song and everybody else looked at me like i was mad, they had never heard of this song !!!!!!!!!

Heathens !!!!!!!!!

I used to sing this song with my Gran in the 60's, Happy days.

[avgnultimate]

I sang this song at school, NOBODY KNOWS IT

Well...One person did, BUT THATS ALL

[SubjectToConditions]

I've got a friend who sung this once in a the pub at the top of his voice pissed, I had to favourite it

[thewavingbear]

is it me or is this song deeply disturbing?

[milkforyou]

No, but you are deeply disturbed.

[MelissaAndLaura]

Oooomg I sang this when i was little and i had a squeaky voice and my mum said I sang '' Oh yeeaaah '' for aages :L

[chrisdxuk]

how lucky i am

[chrystalballs]

very happy makes me!

[Steelee3]

Cool song! it's one of the ones I sing alot, well the chorus at least. :)

[SceptigalGal]

I used to sing this at my infant school. I love it strill!

[realitytrish1]

my girl friend made me sing this to her every day....

[janeway4eva]

I have family in holland and remember as a child my auntys mother would sing this to me in dutch she has died now but i still remember sitting on her lap listening to the mouse song

[topliff12345]

remember singing this at infants school , millenniums ago!

[mistofoles]

"This mouse, he was lucky, he got him a man, a windmill with gays in is hardly amazin' ...."

[14AuburnNotGinger09]

haha you make me laugh!

[mistofoles]

Thank you, I try :)

[bingomat1980]

I'll be humming that all day now

[naganokumas]

Barry Mann is thankful for those who put the Bomp in the Bomp Titty Bomp etc.

Thanks to this song, forgive me for getting jolly when someone mentions strong adhesive tape and rodents.

[naganokumas]

This song has a rather special importance for me.

It was playing on my casette recorder at the particular moment I lost my virginity.

"The Best of 60's British Pop" was the album.

The songs at the beginning of the casette were the enticement. This happened to be the song playing on it when I finally got there.

She did stop for a moment to mention the mice overtones. But I convinced her to ignore them.

I think Acker Bilk's 'Stranger on the Shore' came on next. That made things much easier.

[luornu]

I just realised that this song is really similar in its melody to "Boom bang a bang" by Lulu. I've been trying to remember how to sing this song (having last heard it when I was about 5!) and every time I try to sing it I drift into "boom bang a bang"! The 'going clip cloppity clop on the stair' part is very close to the 'come on and cuddle me tight' part from the Lulu song! It's driving me kinda mad actually!

[LuigiLee1961]

I loved this song when I was learning to walk. Never heard it for 30 years, but then it all came back like it was yesterday. Amazing!

[twilightwilight2k9]

my dad used t sing this to me when i was little and this is the first time ive heard it properly...and ive realised my dads a terrible singer hehe!!! only jokin ; )

[robindeorgelman]

Fantastic :D

[JuanKyam]

Great video - that's one of my all time favourite songs!

[Maryonpark]

Ed Stewpot time! Every saturday and sunday, always played this one among other classics. :)

[bcmoon]

Haha, this just shows once again you can find really anything on youtube xD

[amber13245]

I know this song in dutch, but never knew there was also an english version.

[JanTimBen]

I would love the know the Dutch version as my son has Dutch Exchange back here in May - would you share??!!

[Literate1]

search for "muis in oud amsterdam" I lived in Holland I know the dutch version but I find the english version is better!!

[gypwin]

inspiring.check out 'gypwin' on you tube

[Mafiawl]

I used to listen to this over and over when I was about 7 or 8. Nostalgia...O o:)

[sexysophxxxx]

omg i haven't seen the music video for this song before woow..... ronnie is my grandad aka Adrian Hill, i remember me and my sister Georgie would sing this at the top of or stairs with Issabell out hamster at the bottom. mum said to us that ronnie babysat us once and i started to choke on my food it think grandad shit himself cos i didnt know what to do, chrissy his wife, was out at the time lol. i dont think ronnie every babysat again for us lol.well anyway thanks for this love from sophia hill

[bertiemarmite]

Still Fabulous For My Garandbabies Who Keep Wanting To Listen To The Song About The Mouse In The Windmill.xx

[danny4472]

I saw ronnie at butlins in skegness when I was about 8. Im 36 now and forgot about seeing him till i found this song. A classic!

[bertiemarmite]

Oh My Goodness, How wonderful to find this little gem from my Moms tunes.

Looooooooove it all over again and thank you for uploading it.

Hugs Vonnie UK xx

[Sliepnir2006]

I have the other humerous one he sang on an old 45 and on my website - There Was A Crooked Man - brilliant singer, took me back to my childhood days lol

Geez thanks for the post....

[twister5960]

Thank you. Been looking for this song for my daughter for ages! Thought it was Frank Ifield but your dad rocks!!

[simonmatthewhill]

Thank you to everyone who commented one this...it's my Dad singing this, the best thing about it is my 5 year-old daughter Ellie who was born a few years after my Dad Ronnie left us, she knows the words and knows its cool..and is proud of her Grandad!

[sarahmstewart]

Just introduced this to my 20 year old daughter, but I'd better not tell you what she said :). But the funny thing is, my husband and I were able to sing the whole thing. How amazing that your dad would have influenced our lives in this way. cheers Sarah

[Yessicajax]

So...I always thought it was a dutch song (we also have it in dutch) So does anybody know if it starts with the english version or the dutch version.

I love the song

[tweasha]

one of me favs from yesterday, i remember my dad singing this

[throwachair]

shocking rip poor unlucky mouse

[platnumgeo]

lol well if it helps i'm 15 and i love this song =D and yeh i swear the one dancing with the mice in their hair has trodden on one... you can see it on the floor

[bertiemarmite]

Absolutely Fabulous, took me back to when I sang little songs with my Mom in 1959.Thank you muchly for uploading this happy toon. xx

[TheRsPkVidGuy]

ROFL

[throwachair]

how can you not like this,top!

[CANDYANGEL200823]

This brings back memories

[dwpcorruption]

what memories brill love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[maz50]

well i think this is fantastic i was fed up this has cheered me up thanku so much

[whambam06]

Remember this song from school...

Hate to kill the mood, but doesn't that lady who's dancing with them on her head inadvertently tread on one with her foot?

[Kinjite007]

LOL----if you look carefully, at 0:25 and 0:26 you will see that her foot is right next to the mouse--not on top of it. And the mouse moves afterwards, so its ok!!!

[xXxambzxXx]

hahaa! I'm so glad I found this none of my friends remembered it but I proved I wasnt going mad (:

[DavyP]

Omg I love this song!

[mauriceahern123]

my daughter loves this song

[macionractaigh]

thank you, im glad you took the time out of your day to tell me that.

[matthew3415647]

well said.. macionractaigh..,

[swansafc1912]

Such a lovelly fun tune from Ronnie simple and peacefull thanks.

[macionractaigh]

hahahahahahahahaha on my way to amsterdam in 2 weeks hope i get some of the shit he was on hahaha

[Marcos1988112]

Does anybody know where i can get the dutch version ??

[brampater]

Google for: Ik zag een muis Rudi Carel

It is from 1964

[Davinia1963]

Obscure claim to fame!

My mother's cousin, who I think was called Joan, was Ronnie's wife!! (Mind you i haven't got a clue if they stayed married)

[David021193]

:) Dutch version of the chorus:

Ik zag een muis -- waar? Daar op de trap

Waar op de trap? Nou daar!

Een kleine muis met klompjes

Nee 't is geen grap

't Ging van klip-klipedie-klap op de trap

[iluvsinginsongz]

i rememba this song!! i used 2 sing it at skl! lol