Batistuţă
This is a "Drop the Handkerchief" game.
Batistuţă
Handkerchief
Drop the Handkerchief Game
Drop the Handkerchief Game
(Romanian)
(English)
Am pierdut o batistuţă
Cine a găsit-o,
Eu îl rog ca să mi-o dea
Şi-l sărut îndată.
Batista parfumată,
Se află la o fată,
La o fată frumoasă,
Pe care o iubesc.
I lost my handkerchief,
Who found it?
I'll beg him* to give it back to me
And I'll kiss him* immediately.
My perfumed handkerchief
Is from a girl
From a beautiful girl
Who I'm in love with!
Notes
*Or "her"
*****
There's one more verse that's sometimes sung as part of this song:
Foc, foc, ce vedeţi,
La nimeni să nu spuneţi.
Foc, foc, ce vedeţi,
La nimeni să nu spuneţi.
English Translation:
Fire, fire, you see,
Do not tell anyone.
Fire, fire, you see,
Do not tell anyone.
Game Instructions
Children stand in a circle. One of them - the one who's "It" - should have a handkerchief in his hand. He goes around the outside of the circle singing the song lyrics. Towards the end of the song, the children in the circle close their eyes and the one with the handkerchief lets it fall behind a child. Then all the children open their eyes and look back. The one who has the handkerchief behind her back must go outside the circle and kiss the one who's "It" on the cheek. The 2nd kid is now "It".
Comments
You can hear this song here.
Thanks!
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Eva Partin for contributing this song and to Sybille Gross for helping with the translation. Thanks to Monique Palomares for the photo!
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