Proverbs/Grammar ~ Grammar/Proverbs: Latin Nursery Rhyme: Pater in Valle

Here's another Latin cantilena to wrap up the week: it's my version of "Farmer in the Dell," Pater in Valle. You can read about this song at Wikipedia. It's a game as well a being a song!

Here is one English version:

The farmer in the dell.

Heigh Ho, the Derry-O!

The farmer in the dell.

Then the rest of the verses are:

The farmer takes a wife...

And the wife gives birth to a child...

He now has a nurse...

From a cow he drinks milk...

And a dog is the guard...

Then a cat leaps in...

The mouse fears the cat...

And he is seeking cheese..

And behold: the cheese!...

And here is my Latin version:

Em: pater in valle,

Pater in valle,

Hei-ho O rideo:

Pater in valle!

Behold: the father in the dale,

The father in the dale.

Hei-ho-O I'm laughing:

The father in the dell.

Et mater advenit, et mater advenit...

Tum parit puerum, tum parit puerum...

Nutricem habet nunc, nutricem habet nunc...

De vacca bibit lac, de vacca bibit lac...

Et canis custos est, et canis custos est...

Tunc feles insilit, tunc feles insilit...

Hanc felem timet mus, hanc felem timet mus...

Et quaerit caseum, et quaerit caseum...

Et ecce: caseus! Et ecce: caseus!

And the mother arrives, the mother arrives...

Then she bears a son, she bears a son...

And he has a nurse now, he has a nurse now...

From a cow he drinks milk, from a cow he drinks milk...

And the dog is the guardian, the dog is the guardian...

Then a cat comes leaping in, a cat comes leaping in...

The mouse is afraid of this cat, the mouse is afraid of the cat...

And it is seeking the cheese, seeking the cheese...

And behold: the cheese! Behold: the cheese!

And now I have a recording of the Latin, thanks to Genesis Staple, a recent graduate of the UT Music School here in Austin. You can hear more of Genesis's Latin recordings at this work-in-progress wiki: Cantilenae.