Can Anyone Help with a Czech Rhyme that Sounds Like “Hou-py, hou-py, hou-py”?
Anna wrote:
Do you know the nursery rhyme that begins:
Hou-py, hou-py, hou-py,
Ko-cka sue-dla krou-py
Do-cour hruchI’ll try my best to write this poem-rhyme out for you. Of course, I will not be able to add the correct accent marks, punctuations marks, etc. The writing I have to copy is very small, so I hope my letters are accurate! Here goes!
Hou-pa-cka
hou-py, hou-py, hou-py!
ko-cka sue-dla krou-py,
ko-cour hrac
na ka-mnach;
ko-la-la se hue-va-ly,
ze jim ta-ky ne-da-ly.
hou-py, hou-py, hou-py!
by-ly vsec-ky hlou-py.A friend of mine gave me a beautiful framed gift of this rhyme… he says his grandfather would sing it to him. But he doesn’t know what it means.
My mother is Czech, Vlasta, but she no longer can help me with this.
Your help would be very nice.
Thank you, Anna Vdolek Bratney
If anyone knows the correct spelling of the rhyme and/or if you can provide an English translation, please let us know in the comments below.
Thanks in advance!
Mama Lisa
October 15th, 2009 at 6:39 am
On this site: http://www.jevicko.org/paloucek/foukani/noty.aspx
I found a version with music-notation:
HOU-PY HOU-PY
KOČ-KA SNĚD-LA KROU-PY
KO-COUR HRÁCH NA KAM-NÁCH
KO-ŤA-TA SE HNĚ-VA-LA
ŽE JIM TAK-KY NE-DA-LA
And here: http://www.fisher-price.com/fp.aspx?st=172050&e=activityDetail&cid=197300&ctypecode=np&ccat=play_and_learn&minRelAge=3&maxRelAge=6
I found a longer version.
I’m no Czech but perhaps is this google-translation a little helpful ..;-)
Rock, rock, rock
Rock, rock, rock, cat ate hail
cat games in kamnách,
kittens are angry that they did not give too.
Rock, rock, rock, were all stupid.
Rock, rock, rock, cat ate hail
kittens and millet, the furnace ran,
dragged to the pond, where fish caught,
was not to fiddle, hiding under rocks.
And the last one: http://www.life4us.cz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=1
This version is even longer …I think…;-)
Maarten
October 15th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
Thanks for all your help Maarten! That’s wonderful! If anyone can provide another translation that would be great.
Mama Lisa
October 17th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Judy Goodman Rayner wrote:
Houpacka
Houpy houpy houpy
Kocka snedla kroupy
kocour hrach
na kamnach… Read More
kotata se hnevala
ze jim taky nedala
houpy houpy houpy
byly vsecky hloupy
Translation:
Rocking rocking rocking the baby
the cat ate the barley
the tomcat ate the peas
on the stove
kittens were angry
that they didn’t get anything
rocking rocking rocking the baby
they were all silly
Thanks Judy! -Mama Lisa