Lyrics - Italian
(Italian folk song)
Giro giro tondo, gira il mondo,
gira la terra, tutti giù per terra!
Giro giro tondo, il mare è fondo,
tonda è la terra, tutti giù per terra!
Giro giro tondo, l’angelo è biondo,
biondo è il grano, tutti ci sediamo!
Giro giro tondo, ora ti circondo
come una ciambella, tutti giù per terra!
English Translation - Ring-a-ring o’ roses
Ring-a-ring o’ roses, ring around the world,
The earth is round, we all fall down!
Ring-a-ring o’ roses, the sea is deep,
The earth is round, we all fall down!
Ring-a-ring o’ roses, the angel has blond hair,
The wheat is yellow, we all sit down!
Ring-a-ring o’ roses, now I surround you
As a doughnut, we all fall down!
(source)
Movement
Children hold hands and walk in a circle. At the end, they fall down.
See also
- Country: Italy
- Activity: circle game
- Harmony: one chord
- Melody: mi, so, la
- Meter: 4
- Scale: 5 tones
- Tones: msltd’
- Source: Songs That Children Sing, Eleanor Chroman, Oak Publications, 1970
- Similar song: Ring Around the Rosie
YouTube
- PDF of the song with chords
- MIDI file of the melody
- MP3 file of the melody
