Giddy giddy git goo

August 10, 2008 6:49 PM

When my daughter was young, she was taught a Danish or Finnish (IIRC] song. This was over 20 years ago, and she can't remember the words. Now she has a child of her own, and it would be cool to teach our granddaughter to sing it.

The first 2 lines went something like this:

Giddy giddy git goo
Bumpy mordy banky

If anyone knows the words to this nonsense children's song, I would sure like some help.

posted by Daddy-O to Grab Bag (5 answers total)

Is it possibly a garbled memory of Ride Ride Ranke, a Scandinavian children's song that has versions in most languages?

Danish lyrics
Blanka (Blanche) of Namur, the song's namesake
Playable sample
posted by dhartung at 10:17 PM on August 10, 2008

Response by poster: dhartung, the song she used to sing definitely started with Giddy giddy git goo and only had 5 lines. The 4th line ended with la la and the last line landed with HIN! Your first link showed that there seems to be many versions of that song. If her version was supposed to be Ride Ride Ranka, it really has evolved quite a bit. Thanks for your help!
posted by Daddy-O at 12:30 AM on August 11, 2008

What you're writing doesn't make any sense to me om Danish if that helps. Ride ride ranke are words that have meaning, sort of. (It's about riding a horse.) The version on that website is in Norwegian, not Danish by the way.
posted by sveskemus at 9:21 AM on August 11, 2008

(sorry I can't be of more help. I'm wrecking my brain to come up with a children's song that goes something like what you describe)
posted by sveskemus at 9:22 AM on August 11, 2008

Körö körö kirkkoon?

It's in Finnish and seems to fit phonetically somewhat:.

Kö-rö kö-rö kirk-koon (gid-dy gid-dy git-goo)
Pa-pin muo-rin penk-kiin (bum-py mor-dy ban-ky)

Can't find it sung anywhere, though, sorry.
posted by phax at 10:08 AM on August 11, 2008