The Tralala and the Picking | It is in vain, my boy, that you go on talking

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by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

Translation © by Pamela Narbona Jerez

El tra la la y el punteado

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Es en balde, majo mío, que sigas hablando
porque hay cosas que contesto yo siempre cantando:
Tra la la...
Por más que preguntes tanto:
tra la la...
En mí no causas quebranto
ni yo he de salir de mi canto:
tra la la...

Text Authorship:

by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Enrique Granados y Campiña (1867 - 1916), "El tra la la y el punteado", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 7. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Pamela Narbona Jerez) , "The Tralala and the Picking", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le tra la la et le pincement de cordes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

The Tralala and the Picking

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

It is in vain, my boy, that you go on talking, 
For there are things to which I ever answer in song. 
Tra la la...
No matter how many times you ask:
Tra la la...
You cause me no grief 
And I will not cease to sing. 
tra la la...

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-02-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 50