Se Sei Felice tu lo Sai Batti le Mani: The Italian Children’s Song with Soviet Connections
This is a popular recursive children’s song from English-speaking countries, known for its similarities to Molodëžnaja, a song from the 1938 Soviet musical film Volga-Volga. The song was published in various places in the decades following the late 1950s, including in a volume of “constructive recreational activities” for children. As with many children’s songs, numerous versions of the lyrics exist.
Lyrics
Se sei felice e tu lo sai batti le mani
Se sei felice e tu lo sai batti le mani
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Se sei felice e tu lo sai batti i piedi
Se sei felice e tu lo sai batti i piedi
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Batti i piedi
Se sei felice e tu lo sai fai un salto
Se sei felice e tu lo sai fai un salto
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Batti i piedi
Fai un salto
Se sei felice e tu lo sai manda un bacio
Se sei felice e tu lo sai manda un bacio
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Batti i piedi
Fai un salto
Manda un bacio
Se sei felice e tu lo sai fai un saluto (ciao, ciao)
Se sei felice e tu lo sai fai un saluto (ciao, ciao)
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Batti i piedi
Fai un salto
Manda un bacio
Fai un saluto (ciao, ciao)
Se sei felice e tu lo sai, dimostrarmelo potrai
Se sei felice e tu lo sai
Batti le mani
Batti i piedi
Fai un salto
Manda un bacio
Fai un saluto (ciao)
Lyrics
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, stomp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
Stomp your feet
If you’re happy and you know it, take a jump
If you’re happy and you know it, take a jump
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Take a jump
If you’re happy and you know it, blow a kiss
If you’re happy and you know it, blow a kiss
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Take a jump
Blow a kiss
If you’re happy and you know it, give a wave (hi, hi)
If you’re happy and you know it, give a wave (hi, hi)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Take a jump
Blow a kiss
Give a wave (hi, hi)
If you’re happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Take a jump
Blow a kiss
Give a wave (hi)
Source: Wikipedia
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