Hoy es domingo de San Garabito
"My mom, a Puerto Rican teacher, taught us this song, that she also sang as a child. She was born in Hatillo, Puerto Rico in 1922." –Carmen
Hoy es domingo de San Garabito
Today is Saint Garabito Sunday
Canción infantil
Children's Song
(Spanish)
(English)
Hoy es domingo
De San Garabito,
De pico de gallo
De gallo montero.
Pasó un caballero
Vendiendo romero.
Le pedí un poquito
Para mi pollito.
No me lo quiso dar,
Me puse a llorar.
Con un garrotito
Me hizo callar.
Today is the Sunday
of Saint Garabito,
of rooster beak,
of mountain rooster.
A gentleman passed by
selling rosemary,
I asked him for a little bit
for my little chick.
He didn't want to give it to me,
I burst into tears...
with a little club,
he made me hush.
Notes
One Spanish site calls this a tongue twister.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Carmen Sylvia Sánchez Arana for contributing this song and commenting on it.
¡Muchas gracias!
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