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El coquí is a tiny tree frog in Puerto Rico. It makes a sound like its name: coquí.
Lyrics - Spanish
(Puerto Rican folk song)
El coquí, el coquí a mí me encanta,
Es tan lindo el cantar del coquí,
Por las noches al ir a acostarme,
Me adormece cantando así:
Coquí, coquí, coquí-qui-qui-qui,
Coquí, coquí, coquí-qui-qui-qui
English Translation - The tree frog
The tree frog, the tree frog I love,
It’s so beautiful, the song of the tree frog,
In the nights when I go to lie down,
I go to sleep singing like this:
Coquí, coquí, coquí-qui-qui-qui,
Coquí, coquí, coquí-qui-qui-qui
See also
- songs from Puerto Rico
- songs in 3
- songs about frogs
- songs with chords I, IV, V
- songs with the tonic triad in the melody
- singable verse in English
- another singable verse in English
- Smithsonian Folkways lesson plan idea with recordings
- source: Wee Sing Around the World,Pamela Conn Beall and Susan Hagen Nipp, Price Stern Sloan, 1994
YouTube
- Song with chords (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song
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2 thoughts on “El coquí”
Is there a recording with lyrics? I want to be sure I’m pronouncing correctly
You can listen to the YouTube videos.
You can also copy and paste the lyrics into https://translate.google.com and click the listen icon.