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Čížečku, čížečku ("Siskin, o Little Siskin") is a traditional Czech children's folk song and a singing game which was performed in the past as an annual custom supposed to enhance the yield of poppy.[1]
The song is a chain of verses of the same pattern of call and response:
In Czech:
The call/response is repeated, with the verb "sowed" being replaced with the other stages of growing, harvesting and processing the poppies:
With every response the children are supposed to perform an action of how exactly the poppy is sown, grown, eaten, etc. It may also be arranged in the form of a dance.[2]
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