This is a little ditty my grandmother sung to me as a small child. It's in Italian, so I shall ofer a rough translation afterwards, though both the Italian and the translation might be some way off the mark.
Lo sai che i papveri son alti, alti, alti
Ma Mark è piccolino
Mark è piccolino
Lo sai che i papveri son alti, alti, alti
è nato paperino
Che cosa ci vuoi fa'?
(You know that the poppies are very very tall
But Mark is very little
Mark is very little
You know that the poppies are very very tall
He was born a little duck
So what do you want to do about that?)
Discuss.
Posted by biondino at April 04, 2003 09:17 AMQUACK!
Posted by: Archel on April 4, 2003 10:07 AMAw that's so sweet!
Posted by: Dimitra on April 4, 2003 02:09 PMThe Major's best friend was a guy named Cpt. Gabe Acosta, whose mother was Mexican. The nickname he gave when I was that size was tortuga pecenyo (the little turtle) cause of the resemblance.
Posted by: l'Autre Jay on April 5, 2003 07:03 PMthere is a pop song in Estonia from 80's with exactly the same words. well, without the name Mark. i had no idea the lyrics are by your granny.
Posted by: ulla on April 8, 2003 11:40 AM