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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
