title: Pretty Little Dutch Girl
text: # 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!"
  