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Re: OT: Looking for Dutch children's song

From:Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
Date:Monday, June 2, 2008, 23:00
On Jun 1, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Ingmar Roerdinkholder wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 18:21:14 -0500, Eric Christopherson > <rakko@...> wrote: > >> While we're at it, anyone able to identify this song? I don't know >> what language it is; it might be gibberish for all I know. It goes: >> >> /%bEtS@%batS@"beit@ >> %Indi%ouvI"Steit@ (this part sounds German) >> "vIksti%si >> "vIksti%su >> %kamdi%kEtsl@"ale%su >> a"deima%ma >> a"deipa%pa >> "hupsa%lisa%hupsa%sa/ > > betsje batsje beete > in de oven steet e > wikstiesie > wiekstiesoe > kam de kettel alle soe > an de mama > an de papa > hupsa, Lisa, hupsasa > > the first is a nonsense rhyme sentence > then: in the oven he stands > nonsentence ?? it won't be XTC ;-) > nonsentence ?? > came the kettle all so > to the mama > to the papa > whoops, Lisa, come on > > Looks like Low Saxon, maybe from Ost-Friesland (Low Saxon speaking > part of > Germany, adjacent to the Netherlands Low Saxon speaking province of > Groningen
Interesting! I wonder though if this actually is a Low Saxon song, or if a few of its phrases just sound like Low Saxon? The non-nonsense parts don't seem to make much sense when put together, but some songs are like that. Thanks so much for the transcription and translation, anyway!