Čížečku, čížečku

Čížečku, čížečku ("Siskin, o Little Siskin") is a traditional Czech children's folk song and a singing game which was performed in the past as an annual custom supposed to enhance the yield of poppy. The song is a chain of verses of the same pattern of call and response: Call:"Siskin, o little Siskin, a little birdie,Tell me o Siskin how the poppy is sown"Response:This is how the poppies are sowed (repeated, with variations) In Czech language: Čížečku, čížečku, ptáčku maličký,pověz mi čížečku, jak sejou mák?Aj tak, tak sejou mák, aj tak, tak sejou mák,aj tak, tak sejou mák, tak sejou mák.

Čížečku, čížečku

Čížečku, čížečku ("Siskin, o Little Siskin") is a traditional Czech children's folk song and a singing game which was performed in the past as an annual custom supposed to enhance the yield of poppy. The song is a chain of verses of the same pattern of call and response: Call:"Siskin, o little Siskin, a little birdie,Tell me o Siskin how the poppy is sown"Response:This is how the poppies are sowed (repeated, with variations) In Czech language: Čížečku, čížečku, ptáčku maličký,pověz mi čížečku, jak sejou mák?Aj tak, tak sejou mák, aj tak, tak sejou mák,aj tak, tak sejou mák, tak sejou mák.