Can Anyone help with a Spanish Song about a Fish Going Out to Play?
Jesse Catano wrote:
Hello,
Was wondering if you could help me, was wondering if any chance you knew of a song, it was one my dad use to sing to me when i was little. My dad is from united states, but perhaps he learned it from his father who was raised in Mexico. I want to find this song so now once my child is born I can sing it to her. I do not remember whole song or exact words I cant spell spanish too well so i will say it in english, it was about a fish and went like this. “The fish asked his mom if he could go outside to play, but she said no, but he went outside anyways and got caught by a mean man. Spanish its like “el pescado salio, el salio a huga, vino un mucacho malo, e vino a matar. Something like that in spanish – told you spelling not the best. Hope you could make it out. If this sounds familiar please let me know. Thank You.
Monique from the Spanish version of Mama Lisa’s World wrote out the Spanish part given above in Spanish with accents:
El pescado salió
él salió a jugar,
vino un muchacho malo
y lo vino a matar.
Monique wrote: “Normally in Spanish, a live fish is ‘un pez’. ‘Un pescado’ (literally meaning ‘a fished one’) is a caught fish – usually dead! But maybe in some places, any fish whether caught, or alive and free, is ‘un pescado’.”
If anyone can help with this song, please let us know in the comments below.
Thanks!
Mama Lisa
March 10th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
There is a very old popular song that goes:
“Lindo Pescadito”
En el agua clara que brota la fuente,
un lindo pescadito sale de repente.
Lindo pescadito no quieres salir
a jugar conmigo? Vamos al jardín!
Yo vivo en el agua: no puedo salir
porque si me salgo, me puedo morir.
Lindo pescadito no quieres salir
a jugar conmigo? Vamos al jardín.
Mi mamá me dijo, ìNo salgas de aquí
porque si te sales, te vas a morir.î
Lindo pescadito, yo te debo amar
porque a tu mamita sabes respetar.
TRANSLATION:
Pretty Little Fish
In the clear water
that flows in the fountain
a pretty little fish
comes out suddenly
Pretty little fish,
won’t you come out
and play with me?
Let’s go to the playground!
My mom told me “don’t go out of here,
because if you go out you will die”
Pretty Little fish, I must love you
because you know how to respect your mom
(a very catchy song, the lyrics O_o) Hope this helps
March 12th, 2010 at 11:00 am
You can hear the song on YouTube…
March 15th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Thank Alot! Been looking for this song for a long time now..im really grateful