I'm pretty sure when I learned Stodola Pumpa that the verse was four different lines, and I don't remember anything about a maiden gay (or straight--oof! sorry). But I could very well have learned verses written for American schoolchildren, and either Amos' or Sorcha's verses might be closer to the original Czech. The truth is out there....

I do remember that this song is characterized by an abrupt change in tempo from verse to chorus. The verse is a nice easy 2/4, about 90 on a metronome, and then the "Stodola pumpa" chorus jumps up to about a 180 polka, with a whole word on each beat!

Aloha,
Mark