We'll start with the German examples Hans Thill Das heiße Fleisch der Wörter VII em pom pi polonie polonossa em pom pe polonie akademus popeius akademus puff puff (Mädchenvers ca. 1962) em pom pi kolonie kolonaste em pom pi kolonie akademus popeius akademus puff puff (Mädchenvers ca. 1982) em pom pi koloni kolonastik em pom pi kolonie akademi suffari akademi puff puff (Mädchenvers ca. 2002) The above was retrieved from http://www.der-goldene-fisch.de/gf.php/texte/zeit/1/9 on July 13, 2014. Below are five videos of this song from German/Austrian sources on Youtube: 1) Em bam bi 2) Em Pom Pi ... Kolonastik 3) impompi 4) Empompie Kolonie 5) empompie kolonie The first four are of hand-clap games between two people and the fifth examples the song is used as a counting-out rhyme. Does anyone know this German language version? If so, when did you learn it?
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