Edward Riederich
The Man Who Spoke Spatalian
There was a man named Jimmy who learned Jiu-Jitsu
Jimmy was pretty strong. You could tell when he hits you
Jiu Jitsu Jimmy just drove a little Jetta
And he would jabber on Facebook which is now called Meta
Before Jiu-Jitsu he would just do judo
Before he pinned someone he would say "Benvenudo"
He didn't know Italian but he would just pretendÂ
He would say "hey perdente" when an arm bar he would bendÂ
Sometimes he would try to speak Spanish which some thought was valiantÂ
But the languages got criss-crossed and came out as Spatalian
Whenever Jiu-Jitsu Jimmy would drink java at a bistroÂ
People would just stare and say "non caprisco"
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People got confused at this man they sawÂ
One minute he'd say "Scusi" and the next minute "Como estas"
Then he would mix up words which was a real doozy
Suddenly he was saying "Como escusi"
Trying to understand Jiu Jitsu Jimmy was such a pain
I guess Jiu Jitsu Jimmy should have stayed in his own lane
Yet in Jiu Jitsu he would go on to win a medallionÂ
But still no one could understand Jimmy because he spoke Spatalian
