Some may not like this, but I got a kick out of the recording of "Stodole Pumpa" on this page (click). Apparently, the definitive choral arrangement of the song is this one, by Robert Shaw & Alice Parker. I'm surprised we haven't found a Czech version of this song - are we sure it's Czech? All these Slavic languages sound the same to me. When my wife and her mom start talking Polish, it could be Russian or Czech, or just about anything Slavic. All I can tell from my searching is that stodole and pumpa are Slavic words - they most often appear on Czech Web pages dealing with automobiles, but I didn't find the phrase "Stodole Pumpa" on any Czech page. And since the English version was published in The Ditty Bag in 1946, that means the song has been in the Canon of Girl Scout Songs for over 60 years. Maybe it's a fabrication by the mysterious Janet E. Tobit, author of Ditty Bag. Maybe I'd better not say that - somebody will believe me.

-Joe-