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"La Cucaracha"
       
     
"La Cucaracha"
 


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Description
 
  • Grade: First

  • Origin: Mexican Folk Song

  • Key: F Major

  • Time: 3/4

  • Form: ABAC

  • Rhythm: intermediate: ti ti ti | ta ti ( 3 4 & | 1 2)
    | ta ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ti ti ti ti ti ti | ta ta/a | ta/ |

  • Pitches: intermediate: So La Ti Do Re Mi Fa So La

  • Intervals: intermediate: So/Do, Do/Mi, Mi\So, So/Ti, Ti/Re, Re/So

  • Musical Elements: notes: half, dotted quarter, quarter, eighth; pickup beat, Latin rhythm

  • Key Words: Mexico, geography, cockroach, scampering, across, Latin rhythm

 
 


"La Cucaracha"

English version:

La Cucaracha,
La Cucaracha,
He's a merry little bug.
La Cucaracha,
La Cucaracha,
Scampering across the floor.


Spanish:

La cucaracha,
La cucaracha,
Ya no puede caminar.
Porque no tiene,
Porque le falta,
Una pata para andar.


Translation:

The cockroach,
The cockroach,
Can't walk anymore.
Because he's lacking,
Because he doesn't have,
A foot with which to walk.

 

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