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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Ovejita, niño mío
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Ovejita, niño mío,
vámonos a la orilla del mar.
La hormiguita estará en su puerta,
yo te daré la teta y el pan.
Bernarda,
cara de leoparda.
Magdalena,
cara de hiena.
¡Ovejita!
Meee, meee.
Vamos a los ramos del portal de Belén.(Ríe)
Ni tú ni yo queremos dormir.
La puerta sola se abrirá
y en la playa nos meteremos
en una choza de coral.
Bernarda,
cara de leoparda.
Magdalena,
cara de hiena.
¡Ovejita!
Meee, meee.
Vamos a los ramos del portal de Belén! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in La casa de Bernarda Alba, Act III - María Josefa's song

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-11
Line count: 22
Word count: 83

Little Lamb
 (Sung text for setting by G. Baxter)
 Matches base text
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
Little Lamb, child of mine
Let's go to the shore of the sea
The little ant is at his door
I'll give you my breast and bread
Bernarda, 
Face of a leopard
Magdalena 
Of a hyena
Little lamb
Baa! Baa! Baa!
We'll go the palms at Bethlehem's gate
You and I won't want to sleep
A door will open on its own
On the beach you and I 
Will hide in a hut of coral reef.
Bernarda 
Face of a leopard
Magdalena 
Of a hyena
Little lamb, 
baa, baa
We'll go the palms at Bethlehem's gate.

Composition:

    Set to music by Garth Baxter (b. 1946), "Little Lamb" [ voice and guitar ], from Two Songs from the House of Bernarda Alba, no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in La casa de Bernarda Alba, Act III - María Josefa's song
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Researcher for this page: Garth Baxter

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 22
Word count: 96

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