Mein Vader Vos Ein Dutchman (My Father Was a Dutchman)

(Ja, Ja, Ja!)

Stan Hugill writes:

This song is a rather humorous attempt at Dutch, or perhaps German. A "Dutchman" in the lingo of the old-time sailorman was any member of the Nordic race except a Hollander, who was called "Holland Dutch." The general term "Squarehead" was used for all Germans, Scandinavians, and seamen from the Low Countries.

Doerflinger described the song as a ditty at the expense of the Dutch. He collected it from the singing of Captain Patrick Tayleur in New York, New York.