Hi, I’m an American man in his 30s. My grandfather was Lithuanian and came to the U.S. during WW2. When I was very young (2-3 years old), he used to bounce me on his knee and sing a rhyme that I can’t seem to find on the internet.

I don’t speak Lithuanian at all, but it sounded like “pallow kally yo yo, lowka is today oh” and then he’d say something else and lift me in the air and then bring me back down. It was short (maybe 4-5 verses/sentences) and it rhymed. Pardon my ignorance, I’m just trying to learn.

Edit: it has been solved. The song my grandpa used to sing was a portion of this song starting around the 48 second mark. Actual lyrics are "Per laukelį jojau, Laukelis dundėjo" according to u/innthewoods



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2 comments

  1. It seems that the lyrics for the cited part are “per laukelį jojau, laukelis dundėjo”, which roughly translates to “I rode across the field, and the field rumbled”.
    The verse appears to be from a longer folk song. By searching for this particular part you cited, I could find this:

    Saulutė tekėjo,
    Lapeliai mirgėjo,
    O du broliai brolužėliai
    Žirgelius balnojo.

    Žirgelius balnojo,
    Su žirgais kalbėjo:
    – Oi, žirgeli juodbėrėli,
    Josim pas mergelę.

    **Per laukelį jojau,**
    **Laukelis dundėjo,**
    **Kur pakliudžiau akmenėlį,**
    **Ugnelė žėrėjo.**

    O štai ir prijojau
    Uošvelių dvarelį.
    Visi vartai užrakinti
    Variniais rakteliais.

    Oi išeik išeiki
    Uošveli, tėveli,
    Ir priimki mane jauną
    Ir mano žirgelį.

  2. Maybe starts with “Palei kėlią ažuolielis”? Because “Paley” would be pronaunced “palei”

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