The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

FLEMISH NEW YEAR SONG

NIEUW JAARKE ZOETEN (SWEET NEW YEAR)
MYN VERKEN HEEFT VIERVOETEN (MY PIG HAS FOUR FEET)
VIER BOETEN EN EENEN SCHOEN (FOUR FEET AND A SHOE)
IK BEN MYN VADER ZYN KAPOEN! (I AM MY FATHER'S SON).
THIS IS A SONG SUNG BY FLEMISH CHILDREN ON NEW YEAR'S
WHEN THEY GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE TO GET A TREAT. THEY
RECEIVE A COOKIE OR SOMETHING.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT USED TO DO THIS IN HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS.

Where learned: BELGIUM

Date learned: 03-08-1971