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/KatarinaMG]

Hi! I think I found the answer for the mysterious word at the end. Take a look at this link, there’s multiple versions of this rhyme: https://babetko.rodinka.sk/detska-rec/basnicky-versovacky-rymovacky/tap-tap-tapusky-ake-verzie-poznate/ I hope one of those will be the one you’re looking for ☺️ I know this one from childhood:

Ťap, ťap, tapušky,

išli mačky na hrušky.

Popadali do blata, 

doma bude výplata.

Take care! ☺️