(I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl
Nursery Rhyme (I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl with Lyrics and Music
"(I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl" is a traditional nursery rhyme and clapping game (clapping rhyme). It was first time published in USA in the 1940s, and it has been used by preshool-kids and school-kids ever since.
There are different variations of this rhyme, and the differ quite a lot. Below you can find the most common variations in USA and UK.
Don't you remember the (I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl tune? Don't worry! You can listen to "(I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl" at the bottom of this page. Here you can also learn how to do the Pretty Little Dutch Girl clapping game.
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:
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!
A common variation:
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!
Press the play-icon to listen to the nursery rhyme "(I am a) Pretty Little Dutch Girl". See how they do the clapping game in the video, and try to do it after.