Lyrics - Spanish
(Folk song from El Salvador)
Tortuga concha ven a cantar,
No tengo manos, no tengo pies.
Tortuga concha ven a leer,
No tengo manos, no tengo pies.
Tortuga concha ven a bailar,
No tengo manos, no tengo pies.
Tortuga concha ven a escribir,
No tengo manos, no tengo pies.
Tortuga concha ven a limpiar,
No tengo manos, no tengo pies.
Tortuga concha ven a comer,
Sí tengo manos, sí tengo pies.
English Translation – Turtle Shell*
Turtle shell come sing,
I don’t have hands, I don’t have feet.
Turtle shell come read,
I don’t have hands, I don’t have feet.
Turtle shell come dance,
I don’t have hands, I don’t have feet.
Turtle shell come write,
I don’t have hands, I don’t have feet.
Turtle shell come and clean,
I don’t have hands, I don’t have feet.
Turtle shell come eat,
Yes I have hands, yes I have feet.
*concha means “shell” or a sweet bread or is a nickname for Concepción, a girl’s name
See also
- Country: El Salvador
- Subject: turtles
- Form: call and response / AB
- Harmony: chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 3
- Scale: hexatonic
- Tones: drmfst
- tortuga concha recipe
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
