Besedilo (Lyrics)
Celotno besedilo pesmi »Čin, čin, čin, Drežnica« z angleškim prevodom.
Čin, čin, čin, Drežnica, kje so kozice, gori na travici, kjer ni vodice. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja ...
#Sončece sije, dežek nam gre, naš mlinar pa melje brez vsake vode. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja ...
#Dekle je šivala vse brez šivanke, fantič brez noge je skakal čez planke. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja ...
#English translation
Ding, ding, ding, Drežnica, where are the little goats? Up on the grass where there's no water. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja … The sun is shining, the rain comes down on us, and our miller grinds away without any water at all. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja … A girl was sewing all without a needle, a boy with no leg leapt over the fences. Hojaja, hojaja, hojajaja …
#Čin, čin, čin, Drežnica at a glance
- Country of origin
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia
- Sung in
- Slovenian
- Words by
- Traditional
- First known
- Slovenian folk song; author unknown
- Best for ages
- 2–7
- Mood
- playful, traditional
- Last updated
- 25 July 2026
Meaning and origin
This cheerful folk song belongs to an old and widespread family: the “world upside-down” song, in which everything is comically impossible. Named for Drežnica, a mountain village in western Slovenia, it piles absurdity on absurdity — the sun shines while it rains, the miller grinds his grain with no water at all, a girl sews without a needle, and a boy with only one leg goes leaping over the fences — all carried along by a happy hojaja refrain that everyone can join.
The nonsense is the whole delight. Children love a song that gleefully insists on things that cannot be, and this “topsy-turvy” form has amused them across Europe for centuries; this is Slovenia’s own version, tied to a real place. It is a folk song with no known author, and its impossibilities — grinding without water, sewing without a needle — are exactly the kind of upside-down logic a child finds irresistibly funny.
Common questions
- What is "Čin, čin, čin, Drežnica" about?
- It is a "world-upside-down" song — a string of cheerful impossibilities. It asks where the little goats are (up on the grass where there's no water), then piles on absurdities: the sun shines while it rains, the miller grinds with no water at all, a girl sews without a needle, and a boy with no leg leaps over the fences. Everyone joins the "hojaja" refrain.
- Where is Drežnica?
- Drežnica is a village in the mountains of western Slovenia, near Kobarid. Naming it roots this piece of nonsense in a real place, as folk songs often do.
- Why is everything impossible?
- That's the genre. "Topsy-turvy" or "world-upside-down" songs, found in folk traditions across Europe, delight children by describing a world where nothing works as it should — grinding without water, sewing without a needle — purely for the fun of the nonsense.
