The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #6868   Message #41039
Posted By: Allan C.
09-Oct-98 - 08:17 AM
Thread Name: Gaudimus Sigator
Subject: RE: Gaudimus Sigator
Since we are all in the Latin mode, I thought I'd pass on another much shorter song in Latin which was said to have been a popular folksong in days of old. There may have been additional verses, but this is all I was taught.

Flevit lepus parvelus
Clamens altis vocibus
Quid feci hominibus
Quad me secunter canibus

Rough translation: The little rabbit exclaims in a loud (high) voice: Why is it that men chase me with dogs?

Some folks translate that last word as "canes" or "sticks" but I'm no scholar.