Jan Goeverneur

Jan Jacob Antonie Goeverneur, called Jan Jacob Anthony in the Groninger Volksalmanak of 1890 (Hoevelaken, February 14, 1809 – Groningen, March 18, 1889) was a Dutch man of letters, poet, (children's) author and translator. His best-known work is his children's poems, some of which were later set to music. These include kinderliedjes, In een groen, groen knollen- knollenland, Roodborstje tikt tegen 't raam and Toen onze Mop een Mopje was.