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(All the Nice Girls Love a Sailor)" is an English music hall song from 1908, written by Bennett Scott and A. J. Mills of the Star music publishing company in London. Some sources credit Scott alone; others additionally credit their colleague Fred Godfrey. [1] The song was first performed by male impersonator Hetty King.
Because I am good. I'll pat pretty pussy, And then she will purr; And thus show her thanks For my kindness to her. I'll not pinch her ears, Nor tread on her paw, Lest I should provoke her To use her sharp claw. I never will vex her Nor make her displeased: For pussy can't bear To be worried and teased. [2]
In the earliest known versions, the first ingredient for boys is either "snips" or "snigs", [6] the latter being a Cumbrian dialect word for a small eel. The rhyme sometimes appears as part of a larger work called What Folks Are Made Of or What All the World Is Made Of.
Some nursery rhymes turn up in disguise: The Moon shines Bright, The Stars give a light, And you may kiss A pretty girl At ten a clock at night. This is an earlier version of: When I was a little boy My mammy kept me in, Now I am a great boy, I'm fit to serve the king. I can handle a musket, And I can smoke a pipe. And I can kiss a pretty girl
Each woman states where she is from, by stating they are outside their respective cities. The lady in brown proclaims that this piece is all for "colored girls who have considered suicide / but moved to the ends of their own rainbows". [12] The women then begin to sing children's nursery rhymes, "mama's little baby likes shortnin, shortnin". [12]
I bet you’re a good cook, hot people usually are. I guarantee you, I’m not flirting with you. I’m just being extra nice to someone who’s extra attractive.
The rhyme (and at least some of its variants) tells the story of an extremely beautiful girl (of Dutch descent, hence the song's title) who is popular with boys (particularly around the neighborhood, block or the whole town) and has a rather unattractive boyfriend; some versions mention that the boyfriend dumps the pretty Dutch girl in favor of an even prettier girl.
The answer was “girls who wear glasses.” Defending champion Will Wallace got the answer right. “Yeah, a little problematic,” host Ken Jennings said after Wallace gave his answer.