Lyrics - Spanish
(Mexican folk song)
1. Salió el sapo a cantar
A cantar a orillas del agua,
y los mosquitos salieron
A rondar, a rondar.
2. El sapo se molestaba,
Los mosquitos se alegraban,
Porque seguían cantado,
A bailar, a bailar.
3. Mientras más vueltas le daban
El sapo más se mareaba,
Y los mosquitos cantaban
A bailar, a bailar.
4. Y entonces el baile
Lo hizo enojar
Y todos los moscos
Se puso a tragar.
English Translation – The toad
The toad came out to sing,
To sing by the waterside,
And some mosquitoes came out
To hang around, hang around.
The toad was getting annoyed,
The mosquitoes were getting happy
For they kept singing,
“Let’s dance, let’s dance”.
The more they were flying around,
The sicker the toad was getting,
And the mosquitoes were singing,
“Let’s dance, let’s dance”
And the mosquitoes were singing,
“Let’s dance, let’s dance”.
Then the dance
Made him angry
And he started to eat
All the mosquitoes.
(source)
Game
Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands. One student is in the center (the “Toad”), and the others are the “Mosquitos.”)
They sing while going around in a circle, changing direction at every verse. At the end of the song, the toad chases the other children and the first child he catches becomes the new “toad”. (source)
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody
