The little nut‑tree
Language: English
Available translation(s): DUT
I had a little nut-tree,
[Nothing]1 would it bear
But a silver nutmeg
And a golden pear;
The King of Spain's daughter
[Came]2 to visit me,
And all for the sake
Of my little nut-tree.
Her dress was made of crimson,
Jet black was her hair,
She asked me for my nutmeg
And my golden pear.
I said, "So fair a princess
Never did I see,
I'll give you all the fruit
From my little nut tree."
[I danced o'er the water,
I danced o'er the sea,
And all the birds in the air
Couldn't catch me.]3
G. Bush sets stanzas 1-2
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Confirmed with Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, 1955.
1 Bush, Real: "And nothing"
2 Bush: "She came"
3 Real:
I danced over the sea
But all the birds of the air,
They couldn’t catch me.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Ik had een notenboompje", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Ik had een notenboompje
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the English
Ik had een notenboompje
waar niet meer dan
een zilveren walnoot
en gouden peer aan groeiden.
De Spaanse Koningsdochter
kwam mij bezoeken
alleen om mijn notenboompje
te zien.
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Ik danste over de zee maar
alle vogels ten spijt;
ze konden mij niet krijgen.
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-10
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Word count: 52