Un elefante se balanceaba
Un elefante se balanceaba
A Balancing Elephant
Canción infantil
Children's Song
(Spanish)
(English)
Un elefante se balanceaba
sobre la tela de una araña,
como veía que no se caía
llamó a otro elefante.
Dos elefantes se balanceaban,
sobre la tela de una araña,
como veían que no se caían
fueron a llamar a otro elefante.
Tres elefantes...
Cuatro elefantes...
etc....
An elephant was balancing
On a spider web,
Since he saw he didn't fall,
He found another elephant to call!
Two elephants were balancing
On a spider web,
Since they saw they didn't fall,
They found another elephant to call!
Three elephants...
Four elephants...
etc...
Notes
Francisco wrote: "The elephant's song is a non-stop song because you can use all the numbers. In fact you go adding an elephant in each chorus... un elefante... blah blah... llamo a otro elefante... (called another elephant)... dos elefante... blah blah... called another one... and you can imagine we can call all the elephants in the world to go and balance on a spiderweb (tela de araña)."
Comments
This is sometimes sung as a bus song on long rides.
Many thanks to Francisco Javier Fontalva Chica for contributing and singing this song for us!
Many thanks to Susan Pomerantz for playing the tune to Un elefante se balanceaba, on the piano, in the 2nd mp3.
