by Antonio Maria Trueba De la Quintana (1819 - 1899)
El caballito
Language: Spanish (Español)
Our translations: ENG
Caballito que uncido al carro corres Dime tu para que brille, dime tu. Caballito que uncido al carro corres Dime tu para que brille tu pelo tanto. Cómo te las compones? Sudando, sudando, sudando.
Text Authorship:
- by Antonio Maria Trueba De la Quintana (1819 - 1899) [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 Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "El caballito", ISR 2 no. 1, R 69 no. 1 (1939), published 1945, orchestrated 1969 [ low voice and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Cinco canciones para niños y dos canciones profanas, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Xochimilco Cortez) , "The little horse", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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