Tradicional Spanish songs

My donkey My donkey, my donkey His head hurts The doctor gave him A blck cap My donkey, my donkey His throat hurts The doctor gave him A white scarf. My donkey, my donkey His heart hurts The doctor gave him Some lemon drops.

La Tarara has A white dress That only wears When he’s with her La tarara yes, La tarara no, La tarara, mother I dance it all. La Tarara has Some trousers That from up to down There are only buttoms. La tarara yes, La tarara no, La tarara, mother I dance it all. La Tarara has A basket full of flowers And if I ask her She gives me all of them. La Tarara has A basket with fruit And if I ask her She gives me the best

The potato ring We eat salad As the rich people eat Oranges and lemons Alupé, alupé Sat down I stayed.

Mister Cat Mister Cat was Sitting on the roof Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow Sitting in the roof He was sent a letter Asking him to marry Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow Asking him to marry To a pretty white cat A brownish cat’s niece Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow A brownish cat’s niece Going to see her He fell from the roof Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow He fell from the roof

He broke seven ribbons His backbone and his tail Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow His backbone and his tail They are taking him to be buried Along the fishmonger’s street Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow Along the fishmonger’s street At the sardine’s smell The cat broght back to life Maramia, miaow, miaow, miaow The cat was broght back to life.

Cucú, the frog sang Cucú under the water

Cucú a lord walked past Cucú with a cloak and a hat Cucú a gipsy walked past Cucú, dressed in wool.

Cucú, and eating some bread. Cucú, I asked her a bit

Cucú, she refused to give me Cucú, I took her arm

Cucú, and made her dance. If you like this Cucú

I’ll start again for you.

The frog

My yard The yard in my house Is peculiar When it rains it gets wet As for the others is usual. Crouch you down Crouch you down again Those who are crouched down Cannot dance Eich, ai, jei, kei el, em ,en, ei if you don’t love me another girl will do it. Chocolate grinder Run, run or I’ll catch you Stretch, stretch The demon will pass

The shepherdess was Looking after the goats The shepherdess was Looking after the goats With milk from her goats Larán, larán larito With the milk from her goats She began to make a cheese She began to make a cheese. The cat was looking at her Larán larán larito The cat was looking at her With hungry eyes With hungry eyes. If you scratch me Larán larán larito If you scratch me I’ll cut your tail

He asked her Larán larán larito He asked her to give him a kiss She kissed him Larán larán larito She kissed him And so the tale ends.

He scratched her Larán larán larito He scratched her And she cut it off. To confess her sin Larán larán larito To confess her sin She told the priest Benito.

The shepherdess