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KNVB chant · Netherlands
Bloed zweet en tranen
The raw, harder-edged Netherlands chant about giving everything for the team.
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Bloed zweet en tranen, raw words, real emotion. This song captures the other side of Oranje support: the sacrifices, the setbacks, the keep-going-regardless mentality. Not a simple battle cry but an honest Dutch football song from the terrace. Listen and recognise the feeling.
Lyrics for Bloed zweet en tranen
Met bloed zweet en tranen zei ik rot hier nu maar op,
Met bloed zweet en tranen zei ik vrienden dag vrienden de koek is op.
Read it in English
With blood, sweat and tears i say get out of here,
With blood, sweat and tears I say friends,
Dear friends it is all over now.
Language · Dutch
Team · Nederlands
Behind the chant
What's the story behind Bloed zweet en tranen?
The phrase 'blood, sweat and tears' is timeless shorthand for total commitment, in this song Dutch fans use it to voice the emotion of what supporting Oranje actually costs.
