The rhyme follows with another variation, where the Dutch girl receives peaches, pears, and 50 cents from her boyfriend, which she then gives back to him and kicks him down the stairs.
Within each of these variations, the Dutch girl ultimately defends herself against her boyfriend and the group of boys in her neighborhood rather than simply accepting their disloyalty.
While the nursery rhyme expresses this in a witty manner, it is also an informative story that may teach little girls not to accept mistreatment because of charm, admiration, and captivation with favorable items.
This version goes like this: In the Wee Sing Video Series video Grandpa's Magical Toys, the song is represented and sung by a blonde-haired Barbie-like doll in Dutch traditional costume aptly named "Dutch Girl", played by Jacqueline Drew.
[3][4] In the 1977 Australian animated film Dot and the Kangaroo, two hopping mice near the end of the waterhole scene sang a song about a bushgirl to the tune of Pretty Little Dutch Girl.