This Russian "say and play" might be one of the most ridiculous ones yet. It's a take on pat-a-cake, which is a song about baking a cake for the baby. While the English were singing about baking cakes, the Russians were singing about their drunk grandma. Here are the lyrics in Russian, and then translated.
Ладушки, ладушки
Где были?
У бабушки!
Что ели?
Кашку!
Что пили?
Бражку!
Кашка масленька
Бражка сладенька
Бабушка добренька!
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake,
Where were you?
At granny's!
What did you eat?
Porridge!
What did you drink?
A little home-brewed beer
The porridge is buttered,
The home-brewed beer is sweet,
Granny is kind!
Olya (our nanny) has been singing the song to Ivy and when she starts of, Ivy clasps her hands together in an attempt to clap along. It's actually insanely cute. So cute that I don't even mind that we are teaching her about the deliciousness of beer and how happy it makes grandma.
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