I'm a
down-hearted Dutch
boy 
With grief and with shame 
And das is the reason 
I don't know my name 

Refrain: 
Ya Hoy Ya Ya 
Hoy Ya Ya 
Hoy Ya Ya Ya 
Ya hoy ya ya 
Hoy ya ya 
Hoy ya ya ya 
You may think this funny 
You may think this queer 
But wait 'till the rest 
Of my story you hear 
My mother had twins 
Just me and my brother 
We look so much alike 
Can't tell one from another 
We're called Hans and Jacob 
And that was our names 
It doesn't make a difference 
We're called just the same 

Now one of us died 
Believe me 'tis so 
Which one of us died 
My mother don't know 
Now this is the thing 
I can't get through my head
Am I Hans that is living 
Or Jacob that's dead?