WILHELMINA
(Possibly Herbert Ivey, but not sure)


Rossini’s Accordion Band Dir. Harry Bidgood
V. Pat O’Malley?
Recorded August 1935




In a quaint little village near Amsterdam
There’s a plump little dairy maid
She’s sweeter than honey or strawberry jam
And dressed like a doll from the toy arcade
She wears wooden shoes on her plump little feet
And they seem to say, as she walks down the street

Wilhelmina is plump and round
Plump and round, plump and round
Jacob and Peter and Fritz and Hans
Ask her permission to put up the banns
All she says is “Nein, nein, nein
No wedding bells for me”
Each day they get keener
on plump little Wilhelmina
The pride of the Zuyder Zee.

Wilhelmina is plump and round
Plump and round, plump and round
Jacob and Peter and Fritz and Hans
Ask her permission to put up the banns
All she says is “Nein, nein, nein
No wedding bells for me”
Each day they get keener
on plump little Wilhelmina
The pride of the Zuyder Zee.

Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection




(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - January 2013)