Se me ha perdido una niña
This song is sung to the tune of the French song, Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre. (The same tune as The Bear Went over the Mountain.)
Se me ha perdido una niña
A Daughter of Mine Has Gotten Herself Lost
Juego en círculo
Circle Game
(Spanish)
(English)
Se me ha perdido una niña,
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero,
se me ha perdido una niña
en el fondo del jardín.
Yo se la he encontrado,
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero
yo se la he encontrado
en el fondo del jardín.
Haga el favor de entregarla
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero
haga el favor de entregarla,
del fondo del jardín.
¿En qué quiere que la traiga,
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero
en que quiere que la traiga
del fondo de jardín?
Tráigamela en sillita,
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero
tráigamela en sillita,
del fondo del jardín.
Aquí la traigo en sillita,
cataplín, cataplín, cataplero
aquí la traigo en sillita,
del fondo del jardín.
A daughter of mine has gotten herself lost,
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
A daughter of mine has gotten herself lost
In the back of the garden.
I have found her for you,
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
I have found her for you
In the back of the garden.
Please give her back,
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
Please give her back,
From the back of the garden.
What do you want me to bring her in?
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
What do you want me to bring her in
From the back of the garden?
Bring her in a chair,
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
Bring her in a chair,
From the back of the garden.
Here I bring her in a chair,
Cataplin, cataplin, cataplero,
Here I bring her in a chair,
From the back of the garden.
Thanks!
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Image: Plate from Robert Thornton's Temple of Flora (1807).
¡Muchas gracias!
