Latin Nursery Rhyme: Sububus Dububus

Here's another Latin cantilena to wrap up the week: it's my version of "Hickory Dickory Doc," which I have called Sububus Dububus in Latin. You can read about this song at Wikipedia. 

Here is one English version:

Hickory dickory dock,

The mouse ran up the clock,

The clock struck one,

The mouse ran down,

Hickory dickory dock.

And here is my Latin version:

Sububus dububus plus:

In horologio mus!

Prima sonat —

Valde tonat.

Exit iam subito mus!

Sububus dububus plus:

In the clock, there's a mouse!

The clock strikes one —

It thunders loudly.

The mouse now gets out right away.

And here is 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.

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illustration by William Denslow

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