University of Groningen Alumni Song (Official version)

I kiss my mom goodbye in the drizzling rain "Thanks for doing my laundry" - I get on the train Groningen welcomes me; I say hi to Ome Loeks Then I buy a magazine from the homeless clown See the sun come out as I walk into town Oh Groningen I love you Can't stop thinking of you No matter what I do Grunnen on my mind Trying to park my bike near the library But 3.000 others were there before me... At last I open my notebook, in my favourite reading room sit down, I look around me and I like what I see Four hundred years, my university! I'm in my room with a book in my lap, I try to concentrate... then a knock at the door, and in comes my friend yet another day in Groningen that will have no end: Sunny afternoon, let's make an early start First, have a couple of beers at the Grote Markt We drink a toast to the alumni, our ambassadors all over the world Then paint the town red until the early morning Till we see the sun light up the Martinitoren Text: Frank den Hollander