The first lines of this song are basically nonsense, though "de un fandango" is a lively Spanish couples dance.
Acitrón de un fandango,
Zango, zango, sabaré,
Sabaré que va pasando*,
Con su triqui, triqui, tran.
Por la calle voy pasando,
Por la vía pasa el tren,
Acitrón de un fandango,
Zango, zango, sabaré.
Antonio tenía una flauta,
Con ella se divertía**
Y vamos a dar la lata
A la casa de su tía,
Con su triqui, triqui, tran.
Acitron in a fandango,
Zango, zango, sabare,
Sabare that passes by*,
With its triqui, triqui, tran.
I pass by in the street,
The train passes on the track,
Acitron of a fandango,
Zango, zango, sabare.
Anthony had a flute,
And he had fun with it**
And we're going to be a nuisance
At his aunt's house
With its triqui, triqui, tran.
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Notes
*This line can be found as "Sabaré que va pasando" (Sabaré that passes by) or "Sabaré que va cantando" (Sabaré that goes singing) or "Sabaré de farandela/ de parandela / de barandela/ de tarantela" (which is meaningless)
**These two lines can be found as:
Bartolo tocó la flauta (Bartolo played the flute)
Con un agujero solo (With only one hole)
or
Valentín tenía un violín (Valentin had a violin)
y con él se divertía (and he would have fun with it.)
Game Instructions
The children sit in a circle on the floor, each one has in front of him a stone, a wooden stick, or any kind of object that can make a noise when beaten on the floor. As they sing, they pass their objects to the child on their right. When they come to the line, "con su triqui, triqui, tran" they beat the object in front of their friend on the right, then beat it again in front of themselves, and only on the third pass do they drop it in front of the friend.
Comments
Rhianna Barr wrote:
"This is a little Mexican 'stone game' I learned at summer camp..."
Al citrón de un fandango,
Sango sango,
Sabaré sabaré,
De la arandela,
Con su triqui triqui tron.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for contributing and translating this song.
Thanks to Rhianna Barr for the alternate version of this song.
¡Muchas gracias!
