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Exists in Italian too, although the wikipedia article cites research perhaps linking it to something in Latin: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarab%C3%A0_cicc
by davidw 9y ago
Exists in Italian too, although the wikipedia article cites research perhaps linking it to something in Latin:
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarab%C3%A0_cicc%C3%AC_cocc%C3%B2 https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarab%C3%A0_cicc%C3%AC_cocc%...
« Ambarabà ciccì coccò
tre civette/galline/scimmiette sul comò
che facevano l'amore
con la figlia del dottore;
il dottore si ammalò:
ambarabà ciccì coccò! »
The text is a bit more risque than in English. "ambarabà ciccì coccò" is the nonsense part.
three little owls (civette) on the dresser
that were making love
to the doctor's daughter
the doctor got sick
- Jun8 9y agoThis is great! I don't know any Italian, but that won't stop me from hazarding a guess that the word cocco perhaps may be derived from coco, which in turn reminded me of a translation given in Hofstadter's Le Ton Beau de Marot (p 52b). Here it is: Mia coco, Io ti do Il buondi; Stare qui Ti fa mal. L’ospedal Lascerai: Aprirai II porton. Con passion Fuggirai Dai tuoi guai: Stando a me, Cosi e. Non poltrir! E perir L'indugiar! Va’a mangiar Un boccon Di bonbon. Se ristai, Smagrirai Di pallor E languor. O Gesu, Pensa Tu Al suo pro. Mia coco!