Mia wrote me: "Here is a little song that I know…my family is from Mexico, but I think that they sing this in El Salvador and other places too. The melody is the same as Brinca la Tablita."

Notes

Rosa López sent an alternate version:

Tengo una muñeca vestida de azul
Con sus zapatitos y su canesú.
La llevé a paseo se me constipó
La tengo en la cama con mucho dolor.
Esta mañanita me dijo el doctor
Que le dé jarabe con un tenedor.
Dos y dos son cuatro, cuatro y dos son seis
Seis y dos son ocho, y ocho dieciséis.
Brinca la tablita yo ya la brinqué
Bríncala de nuevo yo ya me cansé.

Translation

I have a doll dressed in blue
With her little shoes and her lace shawl
I took her for a stroll, she caught a cold
I have her in bed with much pain
This very morning, the doctor told me
To give her some syrup with a fork.
Two and two are four, four and two are six,
Six and two are eight, and eight are sixteen.
Jump over the board, I already jumped it,
Jump over it again, I'm tired already.

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Many thanks to Monique Palomares for singing this song for Mama Lisa's World! Monique sang the version of this song from Spain. It's called Tengo una muñeca.

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Sheet Music

Sheet Music - Tengo una muñequita

Thanks and Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Mia Burgos for contributing and translating this song. Many thanks also to Rosa López for the second version.

¡Muchas gracias!