
Lyrics - Spanish
(Mexican folk song)
De la Sierra Morena,
cielito lindo, vienen bajando,
Un par de ojitos negros,
cielito lindo, de contrabando.
Refrain
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
Canta y no llores,
Porque cantando se alegran,
cielito lindo, los corazones.
English Translation - Beautiful sky
From the Sierra Morena, pretty darling,
they come down, a pair of black eyes,
Pretty little heaven, which are contraband.
Refrain
Ay, ay, ay, ay,
sing and don’t cry,
because singing gladdens,
Pretty little heaven, the hearts.
See also
- Country: Mexico
- Subject: love
- Form: AB
- Harmony: I IV V chords
- Meter: 3
- Rhythm: ties
- Scale: major
- Same tune: Limerick Song
- Source: The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1927 / The American Songbag, Carl Sandburg, Harcourt Brace and Company, 1927
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I love teaching this, thank you for taking the time to write it out so I didn’t have to 🙂 Just a friendly fyi that the rhythm in the chorus is traditionally sung differently than what is printed here (especially chorus measures 9-10 and 14)