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ELEFANTES / ELEPHANTS


Traditional folk tunes from Latin America and the U.S.A.



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LYRICS / TRANSLATION / PRONUNCIATION

Un elefante se balanceaba
Sobre la tela de una araña
Como veia que resistía
Se fue a buscar su camarada

Dos elefantes se balanceaban
Sobre la tela de una araña
Como veian que resistía
Se fueron a buscar sus camaradas

Tres elefantes etc.

English version:

One elephant went off to play
Upon a spider’s web one day
He had such enormous fun
He called another elephant to come

Two elephants went off to play
Upon a spider’s web one day
They had such enormous fun
Tthey called another elephant to come

Three elephants etc...

Translation:

One elephant was balancing itself on a spider's web. It saw that the spider web was holding up, so it went to find another elephant. Two elephants...

Pronunciation:

Oon ell-lef-fun-teh say buh-lun-ceah-bah
so-bray lah tella deoonah rah-nyah
coh-moh veh-eea keh ress-is-teeah
fooeh ah yum-marr ah ott-roh ell-lef-fun-teh.

Doss ell-lef-fun-tehs say buh-lun-ceah-bun
so-bray lah tella deoonah rah-nyah
coh-moh veh-ee-un keh ress-is-teeah
fooeh-ronn ah yum-marr ah ott-roh ell-lef-fun-teh.

Tress ell-lef-fun-tehs say buh-lun-ceah-bun
so-bray lah tella deoonah rah-nyah
coh-moh veh-ee-un keh ress-is-teeah
fooeh-ronn ah yum-marr ah ott-roh ell-lef-fun-teh.