Tengo una muñeca
(Brinca la tablita)
There are slightly different versions of "Tengo una muñeca vestida de azul". Here is the most common...
Tengo una muñeca
(Brinca la tablita)
I Have a Little Doll
(Jump Over the Board)
Canción infantil
Children's Song
(Spanish)
(English)
Tengo una muñeca
vestida de azul,
con su camisita
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 la dé jarabe
con el tenedor.
Brinca la tablita
que ya la brinqué
bríncala tú ahora
que ya me cansé
Dos y dos son cuatro,
cuatro y dos son seis,
seis y dos son ocho,
y ocho dieciséis.
Esos son los besos
que te voy a dar
para que mejores
y puedas pasear.
I have a little doll
all dressed in blue,
with her little shirt
and yoke.
I took her for a walk,
She caught a cold on me,
I have her in bed
in a lot of pain.
Early this morning
The doctor told me,
to give her syrup
with a fork.
Jump over the board
That was already jumped over.
You jump over it now
'cause I'm tired.
Two plus two is four,
Four and two is six,
Six and two is eight
and eight, sixteen.
These are the kisses
I'm going to give you
To get better
and you can take a walk.
 - Mexican Children's Songs - Mexico - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
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Notes
Some versions have the doll dressed slightly differently even if she's always dressed in blue:
Tengo una muñeca vestida de azul
Con zapatos negros y medias de tul. (With black shoes and tulle stockings)
Or…
Tengo una muñeca vestida de azul,
Zapatitos blancos y gorro de tul. (With white little shoes and a tulle cap)
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Thanks to Carlos Arturo Casas Mendoza for sharing this song with us. Translation by Lisa Yannucci.
