Lyrics - Spanish
(Folk song from Spain)
Tres hojitas, madre, tiene el arbolé,
La una en la rama, las dos en el pie,
las dos en el pie, las dos en el pie.
Refrain
Inés, Inés, Inesita, Inés.
Dábales el aire, meneábanse,
Dábales el aire, meneábanse,
meneábanse, meneábanse. Refrain
Arbolito verde, secó la rama,
debajo del puente retumba el agua,
retumba el agua, retumba el agua. Refrain
English Translation – Three little leaves, mother
Three little leaves, mother, has the tree,
The one on the branch, the two on the base,
two on the base, two on the base.
Refrain
Ines, Ines, Inesita, Ines. (woman’s name)
Give them wind, they shook,
Give them wind, they shook,
They shook, they shook. Refrain
Little green tree, the branch dried,
under the bridge the water rumbles,
the water rumbles, the water rumbles. Refrain
See also
- Country: Spain
- Subject: family
- Form: AB
- Harmony: chords i, iv, V
- Meter: 2
- Scale: harmonic minor
- Source: Sail Away: 155 American Folk Songs to sing, read, and play, Eleanor G. Locke, 1981
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
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