Don Pepito el verdulero
This song can also be found as "Don Pepito el bandolero" (Mr. Pepito the Bandit), "Periquito el Bandolero" (Parakeet the Bandit) and "Juanito el bandolero" (Juanito the Bandit)...
It can be used as a hand-clapping rhyme.
Don Pepito el verdulero
Mr. Pepito the Greengrocer
Rima
Rhyme
(Spanish)
(English)
Don Pepito el verdulero
se cayó en un sombrero,
el sombrero era de paja
se cayó en una caja,
la caja era de cartón
se cayó en un cajón,
el cajón era de pino
se cayó en un pepino,
el pepino maduró
y Don Pepito se salvó.
Mr. Pepito the Greengrocer
Fell into a hat
The hat was straw,
Fell into a box
The box was cardboard,
Fell into a drawer
The drawer was pine,
Fell into a cucumber
The cucumber matured
And Mr. Pepito was saved.
Notes
Pepito is the diminutive form of Pepe, which is the diminutive form of José (Joseph), thus it's the Spanish equivalent of Joey.
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Thanks and Acknowledgements
Translation by Mama Lisa and Tatie Monique.
