[2] Van Tol wrote the song for the revue Lach en Vergeet (1929) by Dutch comedian and singer Louis Davids.
It also criticizes funding for unemployed people and how politicians yell at each other and spent millions on military defense, while the average little man has to pay for all this.
The original lyrics make reference to U.S. boxer Jack Dempsey who is criticized for earning millions by just having himself pound to pulp, not to mention his opponent.
[3] In 1930 the song was parodied by Kees Pruis as De Kleine Vrouw ('The Little Woman').
[4] During the Second World War, songwriter Jacques Van Tol joined the NSB party and recorded an antisemitic version of the song for the propagandistic radio programme Zondagmiddagcabaret van Paulus de Ruiter (1940-1944).