一
On a little piece of wood
Mr. Spikky Sparrow stood:
Mrs. Sparrow sate close by,
A-making of an insect-pie
For her little children five,
In the nest and all alive;
Singing with a cheerful smile,
To amuse them all the while,
"Twikky wikky wikky wee,
Wikky bikky twikky tee,
Spikky bikky bee!"
有一位尖嘴雀先生，
某一天站在小树林，
一旁站着他太太，
忙着做昆虫馅饼。
他们有五个小孩，
都长得活泼可爱，
妈妈一面逗着他们，
一面将小曲儿哼了起来：
“嘀哩、呜哩、呜哩、喂，
呜哩、嘀哩、嘀哩哩，
尖嘴雀儿，唧喳唧！”
二
Mrs. Spikky Sparrow said,
"Spikky, darling! in my head
Many thoughts of trouble come,
Like to flies upon a plum.
All last night, among the trees,
I heard you cough, I heard you sneeze;
And thought I, 'It's come to that
Because he does not wear a hat!'
Chippy wippy sikky tee,
Bikky wikky tikky mee,
Spikky chippy wee!
尖嘴雀夫人开口说：
“亲爱的！真愁死我。
烦恼都挤向我脑袋，
像苍蝇正扑向糖果。
我昨晚整夜在小林子，
听你又打喷嚏又咳嗽，
我想来想去终于想明白，
因为你忘了戴帽子！”
唧哩、呜哩、唧哩、哩，
嘀哩、呜哩、嘀哩哩，
尖嘴雀儿，唧喳唧！
三
"Not that you are growing old;
But the nights are growing cold.
No one stays out all night long
Without a hat: I'm sure it's wrong!"
Mr. Spikky said, "How kind,
Dear, you are, to speak your mind!
All your life I wish you luck!
You are, you are, a lovely duck!
Witchy witchy witchy wee,
Twitchy witchy witchy bee,
Tikky tikky tee!