These verses are sung in different combinations while hitting the pinata at parties in Mexico...
Cantos para romper la piñata
Songs for Breaking the Piñata
Canción para romper la piñata
(Spanish)
Breaking the Piñata Song
(English)
Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino,
Porque si lo pierdes
Pierdes el camino
Dale, dale, dale,
No pierdas el tino,
Mide la distancia
Que hay en el camino
No quiero oro
No quiero plata
Yo lo que quiero
Es romper la piñata
Echen confites
Y canelones
Pa' los muchachos
Que son muy tragones.
Ándale María
No te dilates
Con la canasta
De los cacahuates.
Ándale Juana
No te dilates
Con la canasta
De los cacahuates.
La piñata tiene caca,
Tiene caca,
Tiene caca,
Cacahuates de a montón.
Hit, hit, hit,
Don't lose your aim,
Because if you lose it,
You'll lose the way.
Hit, hit, hit,
Don't lose your aim,
Measure the distance
That's on the way.
I don't want gold,
I don't want silver,
What I want is
To break the piñata.
Throw candies
and mints
For the kids
Who are very greedy.
Come on, Mary,
Don't delay
With the basket
of peanuts.
Come on, Jane,
Don't delay
With the basket
of peanuts.
The piñata has pea,
Pea,
Pea…
Peanuts by the ton!
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Read more about the tradition of breaking the piñata on Mama Lisa's Blog
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Carlos Arturo Casas Mendoza for contributing some of these verses. Thanks to Corrina Durdunas for the wonderful drawing! Translation by Lisa Yannucci and Monique Palomares.
¡Muchas gracias!
