Papaveri e papere

"This is one we always used to do in Italian playgroup: just the refrain below..." -Julia

Papaveri e papere

Children's Song

(Italian)

Lo sai che i papaveri
son alti, alti, alti,
e tu sei piccolina,
e tu sei piccolina,
lo sai che i papaveri
son alti, alti, alti,
sei nata paperina,
che cosa ci vuoi far?

Poppies and Goslings

Children's Song

(English)

I know that the poppies
Are tall, tall, tall,
And you are little,
And you are little,
I know that the poppies
Are tall, tall, tall,
You were born a gosling,
What can you do about it?

Papaveri e papere

Poppies and Goslings

Children's Song

(Italian)

(English)

Lo sai che i papaveri
son alti, alti, alti,
e tu sei piccolina,
e tu sei piccolina,
lo sai che i papaveri
son alti, alti, alti,
sei nata paperina,
che cosa ci vuoi far?

I know that the poppies
Are tall, tall, tall,
And you are little,
And you are little,
I know that the poppies
Are tall, tall, tall,
You were born a gosling,
What can you do about it?

Notes

This is an excerpt of a song that was written by Mario Panzeri circa 1951. You can find the whole song Papaveri e Papere here (in Italian).

You can hear the whole song with the chorus in the video below...

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Thanks and Acknowledgements

Thanks to Julia Priest from Music and Movement of Newton for sharing this song with us! Translation by Monique.

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