Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Abraham ma sedem sinov« z angleškim prevodom.
Abraham ma sedem sinov, sedem sinov Abraham, vsi so jedli, vsi so pili, vsi so delali tako, vsi tako, vsi tako, vsi so delali tako, vsi tako, vsi tako, vsi so delali tako.
#(potem zvišaš za en ton in ponoviš celotno besedilo)
#English translation
Abraham has seven sons, seven sons has Abraham, they all ate, they all drank, they all did it like this, all like this, all like this, they all did it like this, all like this, all like this, they all did it like this. (then raise the pitch a note and repeat the whole song)
#Abraham ma sedem sinov at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian version of a widely-known action song
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- dancing, playful
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
How to sing it
- Everyone sings that Abraham's seven sons "all did this" and copies one action (waving an arm, nodding, tapping a foot).
- Keep the earlier actions going and add a new one each round.
- Sing each new round a note higher and a little faster, until it collapses into laughter.
Meaning and origin
This is the Slovenian version of a game that children play in many languages — in English it is “Father Abraham had seven sons”. The words barely matter: Abraham has seven sons who ate, drank, and “all did it like this” — and on that line everyone performs the same action together, whatever the leader chooses, from waving an arm to nodding a head. Each new round adds another movement while keeping the old ones going, and, crucially, is sung a note higher and a little faster than the last.
That rising, accelerating pile-up is the whole point. It is less a song than a group challenge: keep all the actions going, hit the higher note, don’t dissolve into laughter — which everyone eventually does. Only the Slovenian words are local here; the tune and the game are shared across borders, which makes it one of those happy songs that a child can join in with even without knowing the language, just by copying what everyone else is doing.
Common questions
- How do you play "Abraham ma sedem sinov"?
- As a copy-the-action game. The song says Abraham had seven sons who "all did this" — and everyone performs the same movement together. Each time round you raise the pitch by a note (and add another action to keep going), so it gets higher, faster and sillier until nobody can keep up.
- Is "Abraham ma sedem sinov" originally Slovenian?
- No — this is the Slovenian version of a well-known action song sung in many languages (in English, "Father Abraham had seven sons"). The tune and the pile-on-the-actions game are shared across countries; only the words are Slovenian here.
- What is "Abraham ma sedem sinov" good for?
- Coordination, listening and pure fun. Copying and adding movements, and climbing a note each round, keeps a whole group moving together and usually ends in giggles.
