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Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Hans Christian Andersen (1872)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, this is a song for very small children!” declared Aunt Malle. “As much as I should like to, I cannot follow this ‘Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine!’ ”<\/p>\n

But little Amalie could; she was only three years old, played with dolls, and brought them up to be just as wise as Aunt Malle.<\/p>\n

There was a student who came to the house to help her brothers with their lessons, and he frequently spoke to little Amalie and her dolls; he spoke differently from anyone else, and the little girl found him very amusing, although Aunt Malle said he didn’t know how to converse with children – their little heads couldn’t possibly grasp that silly talk. But little Amalie did. Yes, the student even taught her the whole song, “Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine!” and she sang it to her three dolls; two were new, one a girl doll and the other a boy doll, but the third doll was old; her name was Lise-mo\u00e9r. She also heard the song, and was even in it.<\/p>\n

Dance, dance, doll of mine!
\nGirl doll’s dress is very fine.
\nBoy doll is a dandy, too;
\nHe wears gloves and hat and shoe;
\nWhite pants, blue coat, him adorn;
\nOn his toe he has a corn.
\nHe is fine and she is fine.
\nDance, dance, doll of mine!<\/p>\n

Old doll’s name is Lise-mo\u00e9r;
\nShe is from the year before;
\nHair is new; it’s made of flax,
\nForehead polished up with wax.
\nYoung again, not old and done.
\nCome along, my cherished one,
\nLet us dance a fast gavotte;
\nTo watch it is worth a lot.
\nDance, dance, doll of mine!<\/p>\n

Watch your steps and get in line;
\nOne foot forward; watch your feet.
\nDancing makes you slender, sweet.
\nBow and twist and turn around;
\nThat will make you hale and sound.
\nWhat a sight it is to see!
\nYou are doing fine, all three.<\/p>\n

And the dolls understood the song; little Amalie understood it, and so did the student, but then he had written it himself and said it was excellent. Only Aunt Malle didn’t understand it; she had passed over the fence of youth. “Silly song!” she said. But not little Amalie! She sings it. It is from her that we know it.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0Indeks over H.C. Andersens eventyr \u2014\u00a0Index of Hans Christian Andersen Fairy tales<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine By Hans Christian Andersen (1872) Yes, this is a song for very small children!” declared Aunt Malle. “As much as I should like to, I cannot follow this ‘Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine!’ ” But little Amalie could; she was only three years old, played with dolls, and brought them … L\u00e6s mere Dance, Dance, Doll of Mine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53150,"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2399\/revisions\/53150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hcandersen-homepage.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}