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gormghlaith
Registered User
(8/21/03 1:22 pm)
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Ya Ya Baccala
My poppa (grandfather) used to sing me a song that I can't find anywhere on the Web. He was Italian-American; he learned to read and write when he was four, while helping his mother study for her citizenship. He was a great man throughout life. Recently he died, and I've been going over my memories, and this happy little song came back to me. I asked one of our volunteers at the library if she remembered it (she's Sicilian), but her version was much shorter and ended with a line about a drunken bum, so I'm not sure if the words I know are more of a family tradition. If anyone knows a different version, or websites pertaining to them please share...at the very least, maybe it will give someone else a honey-sweet nostalgia drop.
Here's the chant-like nursery song:
"ya ya
baccala
who's there?
grandpa
what does he want?
a glass of beer
where's the money?
in the jacket
wheres the jacket?
on the chair
where's the chair?
in the house
where's the house?
under the bridge
what's the number?
cucumber
what's the street?
pig's feet!"
(the last two lines were my favorite)
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Kerrie
Moderator
(8/21/03 3:45 pm)
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Re: Ya Ya Baccala
gormghlaith said:
"what's the number?
cucumber"
I remember a similar rhyme, from the school yard I think, though much shorter, that went (please forgive my phonetic spellings):
What's your name?
Puddin' Tain
Where do you live?
Down the drain
What's your number?
Cucumber
...and that's all I remember. Sorry.
Dandelion wishes,
Kerrie
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AsheLeBeau
Registered User
(8/23/03 1:25 am)
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Re: Ya Ya Baccala
I can't give you any help what so ever in this post, but I have to add a nonsense cajun song that I learned as a child:
Chickory Chick
Cha-La Cha-La
Checkela Rum
In a Bannanna-ka
Polli-ka Wolla
Can't you see
Chickory Chick It's Me!
I am not even sure of the spelling, but as Cajun hasn't been a written language for about 60 years, I don't think my Pa-Paw really worried about spelling.
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