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La Pulga (Chilena)

Season 2016-2017
Performance Date May 2, 2017
Performance Year 2017
Performance Time 7:00PM
Location Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
Performance Title VocalEssence ¡Cantaré! Community Concert
Composer Rodrigo Cadet
Country Mexico
Year Composed 2016
Timing 2min 50sec
Performers

Adams Spanish Immersion School, Third Grade; Mary Jo Gothmann, piano; Elise Parker, violin; Jeff Bina, percussion

Text Translation

¡Ay, ay, ay, ay! Estas pulgas no las puedo ver, ¡ay, ay, ay, ay! pues me pican a mí y a mi mujer. ¡Ay, ay, ay, ay! con las pulgas me enojo y da risa, ¡ay, ay, ay, ay! porque pican entre la camisa. La chinche pica y se va, el piojo pica y se acuesta, Pero la maldita pulga ni siquiera duerme siesta. ¡Ay, cómo brincan!, ¡ay, cómo saltan!, ¡ay, como pican las pulgas ingratas! ¡Ay, cómo brincan!, ¡ay, cómo saltan!, ¡ay, como pican las pulgas ingratas! Ay, ay, ay, ay! I can’t see those fleas, Ay, ay, ay, ay! They’re biting me and my wife. Ay, ay, ay, ay! Those fleas make me mad and they make me laugh, Ay, ay, ay, ay! Because they bite under my shirt. Bedbugs bite and leave, lice take a bite and then lay down, But those darned fleas don’t even take a nap. Ay! They jump! They Hop! Ay! They really bite, those dirty fleas! Ay! They jump! They Hop! Ay! They really bite, those dirty fleas! -Translation by Katie Villaseñor

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