The text is by Pi Veriss, and the music is written by Harry de Groot.
The verse narrates how a klaverjas club from Amsterdam took a week-long trip to Paris.
The club secretary had studied French for a month but was unintelligible, then ended up singing on the Place Pigalle.
The baker suffered from vertigo on the Eiffel Tower and was saved only by the butcher, before everyone went down to the Champs-Elysees where they sang "Geef mij maar Amsterdam".
Geef mij maar Amsterdam, dat is mooier dan Parijs Geef mij maar Amsterdam, mijn Mokums paradijs Geef mij maar Amsterdam, met zijn Amstel en het IJ Want in Mokum ben ik rijk en gelukkig tegelijk Geef mij maar Amsterdam!