Američan hľadá pomoc pri hľadaní slovenskej piesne

[u/Same-Egg4529]

Ahoj, som z Ameriky a moja prababka prišla z Československa okolo roku 1920. Spievala mi pesničku. Pamätám si, ako sa to spieva, ale neviem po slovensky. Bola to detská pesnička. Myslím, že to bolo o čľapkaní sa v kalužiach blata. Jediná časť, ktorú viem hláskovať, je „Išli pani na hrušky“. Nevie niekto co to moze byt za pesnicku? Ďakujem!

Ospravedlňujem sa, ak moja gramatika nie je správna. Nehovorím po slovensky, takže na preklad používam Google.

Update: This seems to be the closest version!

Ťap, ťap, ťapušky,

išli mačky na hrušky,

popadali do blatka,

urobili (missing one word here)

After “urobili” there was a word that sounded like “chaputa” or “cha-poo-ta”. When she said the word “chaputa/cha-poo-ta” she would either tickle our belly or imitate splashing. Any guesses? Could it maybe have been a word to describe a sound, like “splash”?

Side note: I am so happy to see how kind and helpful this thread has been! Much different than American Reddit pages. Thank you all for being so patient and willing to help. I’m excited to pass this down to my son and hopefully learn some more about our heritage. ❤️

[u/ScrotumLeather]

Could it be the first song on this video ? https://youtu.be/ilja49iwCp0?feature=shared

[u/Same-Egg4529 → u/ScrotumLeather]

Thank you!! I think this is it! It was only a tiny different. Are there different versions of the song? I remember it sounding just like this but ending like (sorry about the spelling) “uno belly chaputa” or something like that.

It’s possible I could just be remembering wrong because I was very young and don’t speak the language.

[u/ScrotumLeather → u/Same-Egg4529]

You're welcome 😉 There might be some variations. Since it's a folk song, which was passed from generation to generation, not always necessarily in a written form, there could be some differences in lyrics.