Comments on: Can Someone Help with the Lyrics to a Russian Song “Chisi Chisi”? http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-someone-help-with-the-lyrics-to-a-russian-song-chisi-chisi/ Language, Culture and Kids Songs! Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:34:38 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-someone-help-with-the-lyrics-to-a-russian-song-chisi-chisi/comment-page-1/#comment-242032 Lisa Sun, 06 Sep 2009 12:56:04 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=2786#comment-242032 Tatyana... does that translate as, "And that's what I remembered: Hush-hush of a cat on the roof and kittens higher above." I wonder where this comes from? Tatyana… does that translate as, “And that’s what I remembered: Hush-hush of a cat on the roof and kittens higher above.”

I wonder where this comes from?

]]> By: Tatyana http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-someone-help-with-the-lyrics-to-a-russian-song-chisi-chisi/comment-page-1/#comment-242023 Tatyana Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:20:57 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=2786#comment-242023 А мне вот что вспомнилось: Тише-тише Кот на крыше А котята еще выше А мне вот что вспомнилось:
Тише-тише
Кот на крыше
А котята еще выше

]]> By: Lisa http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-someone-help-with-the-lyrics-to-a-russian-song-chisi-chisi/comment-page-1/#comment-222217 Lisa Sun, 10 May 2009 18:06:24 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=2786#comment-222217 Maria wrote, "'Chizhik' in Russian is a sparrow, but I thought it was nicer to keep the Russian..." Maria wrote, “‘Chizhik’ in Russian is a sparrow, but I thought it was nicer to keep the Russian…”

]]> By: Tanya http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/can-someone-help-with-the-lyrics-to-a-russian-song-chisi-chisi/comment-page-1/#comment-210289 Tanya Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:24:21 +0000 http://www.mamalisa.com/blog/?p=2786#comment-210289 Чижик-пыжик, где ты был? На Фонтанке водку пил. Выпил рюмку, выпил две — Зашумело в голове. Чижик-пыжик после пьянки Выпил воду из Фонтанки, Откачали эту птицу Только в Боткинской больнице. This is one of the variant of the song in Russian. It's an urban folk song,which "was made" in St. Petersburg. There is a monument to "Chizik-pyzik" on Fontanka river. Chizik - a bird, known in English as "siskin" and "pyzik" is an ironical ending which actually means nothing, just to make fun. The story of the song is very interesting Chizik-pyzik, where have you been? I drank vodka at Fontanka I drank a glass and one more Then I felt giddy After drunken feast Chizik-pyzik Have drunk water out of Fontanka And he was brought to life Only at Botkinskaya Hospital Чижик-пыжик, где ты был?

На Фонтанке водку пил.

Выпил рюмку, выпил две

— Зашумело в голове.

Чижик-пыжик после пьянки

Выпил воду из Фонтанки,

Откачали эту птицу

Только в Боткинской больнице.
This is one of the variant of the song in Russian. It’s an urban folk song,which “was made” in St. Petersburg. There is a monument to “Chizik-pyzik” on Fontanka river. Chizik – a bird, known in English as “siskin” and “pyzik” is an ironical ending which actually means nothing, just to make fun. The story of the song is very interesting

Chizik-pyzik, where have you been?
I drank vodka at Fontanka
I drank a glass and one more
Then I felt giddy
After drunken feast Chizik-pyzik
Have drunk water out of Fontanka
And he was brought to life
Only at Botkinskaya Hospital

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