Pretty Little Dutch Girl - Lyrics

Lyrics

The lyrics of the song vary considerably. British versions of this rhyme differ significantly, perhaps because many of the allusions in the rhyme were unknown to British children at the time. Common versions include:

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:

Another version

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

Another version

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!

Another Version

I am a pretty little Dutch girl,

As pretty as I can be be 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!

Different version

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.

Another Version (Western Canada, 1960s)

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.

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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!