Doug, I found this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgcpNasrwNY I hope it helps. Manoel Em quarta-feira, 16 de abril de 2014 14h49min26s UTC-3, Doug da Rocha Holmes escreveu: > > I am hoping someone in Brasil will be able to confirm or recognize this > nursery rhyme my mother used to sing to us when kids. From 1950 to 1955 > before I was born our family lived in Niteroi near Rio and then in Sao > Paulo. > > Somewhere along the way, my sister learned this in school and I was trying > to remember it. > > I remembered the English translation as follows: > > I like to help > because it makes me happy > I'll clean the house > and Mama will be smiling > > My sister improved upon that by attempting to remember the original > Portuguese, not the real spelling, but her phonetic spelling as: > > Gostu daj u da > Porque me fas contente > Yo vo vorer a casa > Y Mama fe ca asuradente > > So my father has attempted to correct to the proper spelling like this: > > Gosto do ajudar (I like to help) > Porque me faz contente (because it makes me happy) > Eu vou barar a casa (I will clean the house) > (I don't remember the last line but it has something to do with smiling.) > > From my sister's last line, I believe it could be this: > > E Mama fica asuradente > > So with all that, can anyone correct me and give the real or accurate > rhyme? > > With my mother gone for almost 44 years now, these are the little gems we > try to keep. > > Obrigado, > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
