I am looking for the text of an Italian poem for children.  The poem
begins "Cavallino rosso...."

I believe this is your poem:

IL CAVALLINO ROSSO

Un cavallino nero rampante
Non solo veloce ma anche rampante.

Fatto da gente umile e vera
Che tifa sempre fino a sera.

Ad ogni curva o rettilineo
Lui è sempre primo

Nei nostri cuori gialli dentro
E rossi fuori.

Liberamente Associazione amici Biblioteca Isolotto
http://www.aghidipino.org/A_Berti/A_Berti_poesie1.htm

The same text for the poem appears here:

Andrea Berti Home Page
http://marina.fortunecity.com/longmark/398/andrea06.htm

Since "Cavallino Rosso" is the name of a popular brandy and a
restaurant, most Google searches (even when restricted to Italian
pages only) lead to references related to the brandy and the
restaurant.

Google Web Search: "cavallino rosso" (Italian language pages only)
://www.google.com/search?lr=lang_it&cr=&q=%22cavallino+rosso%22+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&newwindow=1&safe=off&c2coff=1&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

I hope this is the poem you're looking for. If it is not, please
request clarification; I'll be glad to offer further assistance before
you rate my answer.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

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Request for Answer Clarification by lpa-ga on 02 Aug 2004 12:49 PDT

Unfortunately, that is not the poem I was looking for.  My father
would recite the poem to us as children and then later to his
grandchildren.  The poem went something like this (phonetically):

"Cavallino rosso
camino vadi corso
choo, choo, choo-choo-choo.

Cavallino bianco
che questa crista stanco
a goccio faggio li
trica, tracca, trombolli"

This is from vague (but sometimes vivid) memory.

Thanks for your help.

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Clarification of Answer by pinkfreud-ga on 02 Aug 2004 13:18 PDT

I'm sorry I did not find the poem you're seeking. Since you didn't
provide any lines from the poem in your question, I had nothing to go
on but the words "cavallino rosso."

You may apply for a refund here: 

http://answers.google.com/answers/refundrequest

~pinkfreud