Pieszczotka

Stanisław Moniuszko · text by Adam Mickiewicz · read by Anna Pych
From Śpiewnik domowy[ˈɕpjɛv.ɲik dɔ.ˈmɔ.vɨ]Songs to sing at home
This text was also set by another composer — see Moja pieszczotka

Pieszczotka

[pjɛʃ.ˈt͡ʃɔt͡ka]Little darling

Stanisław Moniuszko · text by Adam Mickiewicz · read by Anna Pych

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0:11

Moja

[ˈmɔ.ja

My

pieszczotka,

pjeʃ.ˈt͡ʃɔt.ka

little-darling,

gdy

gdɨ

when

w wesołej

vvɛ.ˈsɔ.wɛj

in a-cheerful

chwili

ˈhfi.li]

moment

0:28

pocznie

[ˈpɔt͡ʃ.ɲɛ

starts

szczebiotać

ʃtʃ͡ɛ.ˈbjɔ.tat͡ɕ

to-prattle

i

i

and

kwilić,

ˈkfi.lit͡ɕ

coo,

i

i

and

gruchać,

ˈgru.hat͡ɕ]

to-chirp,

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