Can anyone speak Swiss?

I want to sing a yodel song, but there are six lines in it which I can't understand and a translator friend of mine says they are Swiss German (which he doesn't speak)

If anyone thinks they could have a go, PM me and I'll send you a short MP3 with the six lines (140k). Or I could send you the whole yodel song if you like (3MB). It's very funny!

I thank you in advance

 

I don't have any webspace, so I've "yousendit"ed it. First come, first served!

Full Song

Just the words

EDIT: It's not me singing (yet). I need to know the words before making the karaoke track

 

Left-click it to get the download

 

Ooh thanks! A quick google with that brings up this

http://ingeb.org/Lieder/MiVateri.html

So the lyrics are something like

Mein Vater ist ein Appenzeller
Er frißt den Käs mitsamt dem Teller.

Mein Bruder ist ein Kupferschmied
Und was der sieht, das nimmt er mit.

Meine Schwester ist 'ne noble Dam'
Hat sieben Kinder, doch kein' Mann

Although I don't know if the "nimmt" is right. Certainly doesn't sound like what is sung.

Any idea what that all means LOL!

 

If you don't, I'll have to use an auto-translater

That leads to the dark side

 

yodeling? and I thought you had taste in music

hi hal


No way I'm gonna try to translate that, but I agree that it does't sound like "das nimmt er mit"

 

That's terrible... ARG!

 

Mein Vater ist ein Appenzeller
Er frißt den Käs mitsamt dem Teller.

My father is from Appenzell
he eats the cheese and the plate underneath

Mein Bruder ist ein Kupferschmied
Und was der sieht, das nimmt er mit.

My brother is a coppersmith
who picks up everything he sees

Meine Schwester ist 'ne noble Dam'
Hat sieben Kinder, doch kein' Mann

My sister is a noble lady
seven children but no man

...well.

 

THANK YOU Sgt Crowfield!!!!

 

I think it means 70 children not seven... But I am not sure, if I heard it right.

 

You're welcome. I didn't listen to the clip... no sound card in the workstation I was sitting at. I just tried to translate the lyrics already posted .

 

Lucky you.