# Pretty Little Dutch Girl

Pretty Little Dutch Girl est une comptine pour enfants britannique.
Les paroles de la chanson varient considérablement, peut-être parce que beaucoup de clins d'œil dans les rimes étaient inconnus pour les enfants britanniques, à l'époque.

## Paroles

Dans leurs versions courantes, les paroles sont les suivantes :
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as I can be, be, be,
    And all the boys in the baseball team
    Go crazy over me, me, me.
:My boy friend’s name is Fatty,
    He comes from the Senoratti,
    With turned-up toes and a pimple on his nose,
    And this is how the story goes
Variation 1
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl
    As pretty as I can be
    And all the boys in the neighborhood
    Are crazy over me
:My boyfriend's name is Mello
    He comes from the land of Jello
    With pickles for his toes and a cherry for his nose
    And that's the way my story goes
Variation 2
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as pretty can be,
    And all the boys around the block
    Go crazy over me.
:My boyfriend's name is Billy,
    He comes from good ole Philly,
    With a cherry on his nose
    And ten fat toes,
    And that's the way my story goes.
:My boyfriend gave me peaches,
    My boyfriend gave me pears,
    My boyfriend gave me fifty cents
    And kissed me on the stairs.
:I gave him back his peaches,
    I gave him back his pears,
    I gave him back his fifty cents
    And kicked....him....down.....the.....stairs!
Variation 3
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as I can be.
    and all the boys in the neighborhood
    come chasing after me me me.
:My boyfriend's name is Tony,
    he comes from the land of bologna,
    with a pickle on his nose and 3 sore toes
    and that's the way the story goes!
:One day he gave me peaches,
    one day he gave me pears,
    one day he gave me 50 cents
    and took me to the fair!
:After the fair was over,
    I asked him to take me home,
    he ran off with another girl
    and left me all alone!
:I gave him back his peaches.
    I gave him back his pears.
    I gave him back his 50 cents,
    and kicked him down the stairs!
Variation 4
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl
    As pretty as pretty can be.
    And all the boys around the block
    Go crazy over me.
:I hate to do the dishes
    I hate to do the chores
    But I love to kiss my boyfriend
    Behind the kitchen door.
:One day while I was walking
    I heard my boyfriend talking
    To a pretty little girl
    with strawberry curls
:and this is what he said:
    I L-O-V-E love you
    All the T-I-M-E time
    And I will K-I-S-S kiss you
    In the D-A-R-K dark.
Variation 5 (ouest du Canada, années 1960)
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as pretty can be, be, be,
    And all the boys on the baseball team
    are chasing after me, me, me.
:My father came from England,
    My mother came from France, France, France.
    My boyfriend came from the USA
    to teach me how to dance, dance, dance.
:My boyfriend gave me apples,
    My boyfriend gave me pears, pears, pears.
    My boyfriend gave me fifty cents
    and kissed me up the stairs, stairs, stairs.
:I gave him back his apples,
    I gave him back his pears, pears, pears.
    I gave him back his fifty cents
    and kicked him down the stairs, stairs, stairs.
:...with a pickle on his nose and 3 sore toes,
    that's the way it goes, goes, goes.
Variation 6
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl
    As pretty as pretty can be
    And all the boys around my block
    Go crazy over me!
:I had a boyfriend, Patty
    Who comes from Cincinnati
    With 48 toes and a pickle on his nose
    And this is the way my story goes...
:One day when I was walkin'
    I heard my boyfriend talkin'
    To a pretty little girl with a strawberry curls
    And this is what he said to her...
:I L-O-V-E, love you
    to K-I-S-S, kiss you
    yes K-I-S-S, kiss you in
    the D-A-R-K dark boom boom!
Variation 7
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl
    As pretty as pretty can be
    and all the boys in my hometown
    are crazy over me
:My boyfriend's name is Chico
    he came from Puerto Rico
    with a rubber nose
    and 28 toes
    and this is how my story goes
:One day as I was walking
    I heard my Chico talking
    to a pretty little girl
    with strawberry curls
    and this is what he said to her
:I L-O-V-E love you
    I K-I-S-S kiss you
    I K-I-S-S kiss you
    in the D-A-R-K dark dark dark
Variation 8
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as can be, be, be,
    And all the boys on the baseball team,
    Go crazy after me, me, me!
    One day they gave me peaches,
    One day they gave me pears, pears, pears,
    One days they gave me 50 cents and took me to the fair, fair, fair.
    And when the fair was over,
    I asked them to take me home, home, home,
    They said they had another date and left me all alone, lone, lone.
    I gave them back their peaches,
    I gave them back their pears, pears, pears,
    I gave them back their 50 cents and kicked them down the stairs, stairs, stairs!
Variation 9 (nord-ouest de l'Angleterre, années 2010)
    My boyfriend gave me an apple
    My boyfriend gave me a pear
    My boyfriend gave me a kiss on the lips, and he threw me down the stairs
:I gave him back his apple
    I gave him back his pear
    I gave him back kiss on the lips, and I threw him down the stairs
:I threw him over London
    I threw him over France
    I threw him over the football pitch, and he lost his underpants
:His underpants were yellow
    His underpants were green
    His underpants were black and white, and smelt like rotten cheese
    Variation 10 (Austin (Texas), années 1960)
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl
    As pretty as pretty can be
    And all the boys around the block
    Are crazy over me.
    My boyfriend's name is Harry.
    He comes from Paris, France
    With turned up toes and a pimple on his nose
    And this is the way my story goes.
    My boyfriend gave me apples,
    My boyfriend gave me pears.
    My boyfriend gave me fifty cents
    And took me to the fair.
    One day as I was walking
    I heard my boyfriend talking
    To a pretty little girl with a strawberry curl
    and this is what he said to her:
:I L-O-V-E, love you.
    I K-I-S-S, kiss you.
    I K-I-S-S, kiss you
    On your F-A-C-E, face, face, face.
    I gave him back his apples
    I gave him back his pears
    I gave him back his fifty cents
    And threw him down the stairs.
:I threw him over London.
    I threw him over France.
    I threw him over [substitute wherever here]
    And he lost his underpants.
    I have a little brother.
    His name is Tiny Tim
    I put him in the bathtub
    To see if he could swim
    He drank up all the water
    He ate up all the soap
    He tried to eat the bathtub
    But it wouldn't go down his throat
    Oh, Suzy called the doctor,
    Oh, Suzy called the nurse,
    Oh, Suzy called the lady
    With the alligator purse.
    in walked the doctor,
    In walked the nurse,
    In walked the lady
    With the alligator purse.
    Out walked the doctor,
    Out walked the nurse,
    Out walked the lady
    With the alligator purse.
    My boyfriend's name is Harry.
    He comes from Paris, France
    With turned up toes and a pimple on his nose
    And this is the way my story goes.
Variation 10
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as can be,
    And all the boys around the block are crazy over me, me, me.
    My boyfriend's name is Chaim,
    He comes from yerushalayim,
    With a pickle up his nose and three black toes,
    And this is how my story goes.
    One day when I was walking,
    I saw my boyfriend talking
    To a pretty little girl with a strawberry curl
    And this is what he said to her:
    I L-O-V-E love you,
    I K-I-S-S kiss you.
    And he fell in the lake,
    And he swallowed a snake,
    And he came out with a bellyache.
Variation 11 (Long Island, New York, années 1970 - Un jeu de main
    I am a pretty little Dutch girl,
    As pretty as pretty can be,
    And all the boys around my block go crazy over me.
    My boyfriend's name is Larry
    He comes from Cincinnati
    With his forty-two toes and a pickle in his nose
    And this is what he said to me:
    "I L-O-V-E love you
    I K-I-S-S kiss you
    I K-I-S-S kiss you on your
    F-A-C-E, F-A-C-E, F-A-C-E, face, face, face!"