In the 1947 "Miracle on 34th Street" Santa sings a song with the little Dutch girl in Dutch. Can someone tell me the lyrics of that song in the original Dutch as well as the English translation?
There are a number of Dutch Santa songs at (very aptly) a Miss Ilona website http://www.peuten.nl/juffrouwilona/sinterklaas.html
The Flemish version would differ in only one detail.
"Sinterklaas Kapoentje
LEG wat in mijn schoentje
LEG wat in mijn laarsje
Dank U Sinterklaasje".
I do not dare to claim that the difference between LEG (Put)
and GOOI ( Throw) reflects a difference in style between Flemish and Dutch kids, but "GOOI" sounds fairly rough to me for a saintly person like Santa.
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