I'm a Little Dutch Girl

DESCRIPTION: "I'm a little Dutch girl, from over the sea." "I'm a little Dutch boy, from over the sea." "I hate you." "Why?" "You stole my necklace." "Here is." "We're getting married ... having babies ... getting older ... in our coffins ... up in heaven ... angels"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952 (Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
KEYWORDS: courting wedding childbirth death playparty jumprope
FOUND IN: Australia Britain(England(Lond,South),Scotland(Hebr),Wales) Canada(Ont) US(SE)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame 72, "I'm a Little Dutch Girl" (3 texts)
Carey-MarylandFolkloreAndFolklife, p. 78, "(no title)" (1 text)
Ainsworth-JumpRopeVerses, #18, "(I'm a little Dutch girl)"; #32, "(I'm a little Dutch girl)" (2 texts); also #83, "(I Went Downtown to See Miss Brown)" (1 text, which combines "Choo'n Gum (Chewing Gum; Chew, Chew, Chew; Bubblegum)" with "I'm a Little Dutch Girl")
Delamar-ChildrensCountingOutRhymes, p. 62, "Salute to the Captain" (1 short text, that might be from "I Am a Girl Guide" or "I'm a Little Dutch Girl" or several other children's rhymes)
Roud #13205
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "O du lieber Augustin" (tune, per Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame) [indexed under "Did You Ever See a Lassie?"]
cf. "Poor Jenny Is a-Weeping" (tune, per Opie/Opie-TheSingingGame)
cf. "I Am a Girl Guide" (lyrics of some versions)
NOTES [61 words]: The description is based on the Opie/Opie version. It appears the jump rope rhyme consistently goes in a different direction: "I'm a little Dutch girl, dressed in blue, Here are the things I like to do," which might (e.g.) include saluting the captain, king, or queen, as well as dancing, the splits, and (one suspects) a few things folklorists wouldn't take down. - RBW
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File: OpGa072

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