Lyrics - Czech
(Folk song from Czechia)
Kolo kolo mlýnský,
Za čtyři rýnský,
Kolo se nám polámalo,
Mnoho škody nadělalo,
Udělalo bác!*
Vezmeme si hoblík, pilku,
Zahrajem si ještě chvilku.
Až to všechno spravíme,
Takhle se zatočíme.
*Simple versions end here.
English Translation - Round and round the mill
Round and round the mill,
For four golden coins,
Our wheel broke,
It did a lot of damage,
It did a lot!*
Let’s take a plane, a saw,
Let’s play a little longer.
When we’ve fixed it all,
This is how we’ll turn around.
*Simple versions end here.
Movement
Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands.
As students sing, they walk around the circle (imitating a wheel) and sit on the floor on the word “bác” (because the wheel broke). (Simple versions end here.)
Students move an arm to imitate using a saw to fix the wheel.
See also
- Country: Czechia
- Subject: occupations
- Activities: movement
- Harmony: I, V
- Scale: tetrachord
- Tones: mfsl
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
