Living

The Little Dutchman

by Mary Mapes Dodge 1831–1905

From Rhymes and Jingles (1875)

Living

Oh I'm a little Tuchman,
My name is Van der Dose,
An' vat I cannot get to eat,
I smells it mit my nose.

An' ven dey vill not let me blay,
I takes it out in vork;

And ven dey makes me vork too hard,
I soon de jop will shirk.

An' ven dey sends me off to ped,
I lays avake all night;
An' ven dey comes to vake me up,
I shuts my eyes up tight.

For I'm a little Tuchman,
My name is Van der Dose,
An' vat I do not know myself,
I never vants to knows.

MLA

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “The Little Dutchman.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/148/.

Chicago

Dodge, Mary Mapes. “The Little Dutchman.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dodge_mm/148/.

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