Can Anyone Help with a Dutch Song that goes “”In the Vintertime when the vind blows…”"?
Gail wrote me:
Greetings Lisa,
I am wondering if you have ever heard of a Dutch children’s song that starts out: “In the Vintertime when the vind blows…” some of the other words were vindowpane and vestibule. It goes something like:
In the wintertime when the wind blows (and something) then frost forms on the windowpane… (something else) and then a phase containing – in the vestibule.
Thank you so much for your assistance. My grandmother used to sing it to me and I don’t remember the words. I having been trying to find out about this little ditty for around 30 years. With your help, I may finally get an answer.
Thank you so much!
Gail E. Mann
If anyone can help with this song, in Dutch and/or English, please comment below.
Thanks!
Lisa
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:55 am
“In der vintertime
In der valley green
Ven der vind blows upon
Der vinderpane,
All der vimminvolk
In der Vauderville
Ride velocipedes upon
Der vestibule.
Ach, vimmin, ach men!
Ach vimmin, ach men!”
You’ll find a lot of information about it (different lyrics, English version, midi) here http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=34789
November 5th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Dear Monique.
Thank you SO much. I have looked for those words for 40 years and you answered in less than 4 days. I can’t thank you enough!!
Sincerely,
Gail E. Mann
November 18th, 2007 at 10:49 am
I have a different version with 3 verses.It is titled In the Vinter and all w’s must be changed to v’s’.
In the Vinter
(I have inclued the melody above each syllable. The melody is closesly related to the song Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
g b d–e d c b a g g g a d d d b b g
In the vinter, in the vintertime Ven the vind blows on the vindowpanes,
g b d–e d c b g g g a a d d d b b g
And the vimmen with the vescoats,leave velocipedes on the vestibules.
g a d d b g a d d g
Ah,vimmen,ah men. Ah,vimmen, ah ,men.
In the vinter, in the vintertime,ven the snow comes villy nilly,
And it vavers very vonderful, as it vafts to the vestvard.
Ah, vimmen, ah,men. Ah, vimmen, ah men.
In the vinter, in the vintertime, Ven the vind vistles on the valentines,
Vich is velcome to the vimmen folks,Vat is vorking in the vaxvorks.
Ah,vimmen, ah men. Ah,vimmen, ah,men.
December 26th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Dear Phyllis,
I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to thank you for your reply. I think that your version is the closest to the one that my grandmother used to sing! The tune was like “Did you ever see a lassie.” Thank you so much for bringing back so many wonderful memories and a long frustrating search!
Thanks again and Happy New Year!
Gail E. Mann
February 8th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Hello, I just want to say, this is certainly not Dutch. Does anyone know what language this is?
February 9th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Sure, it’s English, but the w’s have been changed to v’s and the’s to der’s + some trifles (ach/ vimmin/vimmen = ah women… )
May 7th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I learned a different version when I was little. The person who taught it to me said it came from vaudeville.
In the valley, in the vintertime,
When the vind blows upon the vindowpanes,
And the vimmen in the vaudevilles
Ride velocipedes in the vestibules.
Ah, women!
A-men!
September 16th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I heard it as a child too. My memory is so bad, all I could remember was the following which I usually sang to myself:
“and der vimmen in der vaudeville ride velocipedes upon der vindowpane.”
I was happy to finally get the lyrics straight. Thanks.
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
In the Vinter in the Vintertime when the vind blows on the vindowpane and the vimmin in the vaudeville ride velocipedes in the Vestibule-
It took me about 70 years to find the velociipedes line.