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Thread #37682   Message #2911960
Posted By: Zaba
22-May-10 - 11:16 AM
Thread Name: Origins/ADD: Stodola Pumpa / Stodole Pumpa (Czech)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Stodola Pumpa / Stodole Pumpa (Czech)
Hi all,
I'm Czech, but I wasn't able to find lyrics for Stodola pumpa and I don't know it :-(. The only traditional with the "pum pum pum" in chorus I've found is this:

Proto jsem si kanafasku koupila,
carija koupila, carija koupila,
abych se ti, mùj miláèku líbila,
carija líbila, carija líbila.

Ref.: Stará, stará pumpa, pumpa stará, stará pumpa,
stará, stará pumpa, pumpa stará, pum, pum, pum.

Koupila jsem na èervenou na bílou,
carija na bílou, carija na bílou,
aby si mi nechodíval za jinou,
carija za jinou, carija za jinou.

Refrén...

There is sheetmusic too, so someone can try if it is this song you are searching for. The meaning is like this:

I've bought the "kanafaska" (it's a certain type of traditional skirt),
carija bought, carija bought,
becouse I want to be pretty for you, my darling,
carija pretty for you, carija pretty for you.

I've bought red and I've bought white,
carija white, carija white,
for I don't want you to look for another girl,
carija another girl, carija another girl.


Išla Marina is very nice song my Grandma and my Daddy did sing. Joe Offer's translation is really good. I have found some other verses:

Èože ma, èože, do Tvojho vína, mala bych dcéru, alebo syna.
Huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda kalná, huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda z hôr.
Ak bude chlapec, dám ho do školy, bude sa uèi쳌, zlaté litery.
Huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda kalná, huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda z hôr.
Ak bude dievèa, bude Katrenèa, bude husárom, švárne frajerèa.
Huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda kalná, huja, huja, hujajá, teèie voda z hôr.

It's hard to understand even for me :-). It's something like that:

I don't care your wine, I would have a daughter or a son.
Huja..
If it'll be a boy, I'll send him to school, he will learn gold letters.
Huja...
If it'll be a girl, she will be "Katrenèa" (I can't imagine, what it could mean, maybe a name Kateøina (Catherine), or anything else), she will be a pretty lass for hussars.

Hope it will help...