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^[1].

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!"

Références

1. I. Opie and P. Opie, The Singing Game (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), pp. 450-2.

Liens externes

• Divers parodies et versions du texte original

• Portail de la musique • section Chanson
• Portail du Royaume-Uni