Mexican Counting Song
Un elefante se columpiaba,
sobre la tela de una araa
Como veia que resistia,
fua a llamar a otro elefante.
Dos elefantes se columpiaban,
sobre la leta de una araa,
como veian que restistia,
fueron a llamar a otro elefante.
Tres elefantesse columpiaban,
sobre la leta de una araa,
como veian que restistia,
fueron a llamar a otro elefante.
Cuatro elefantes....
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Translation:
One elephant is swinging on a spider web,
Seeing that the web could hold him,
He went and got another elephant.
Two elephants are swinging on a spider web,
Seeing that the web could hold them,
they went and got another elephant.
User Comments Mexican Counting Song (11)
By Rachael from Sydney, Australia on 27 April 2009
Would it be possible to get a phonetic version as well? I want to pronounce the Spanish (I think it's Spanish) properly.
By Pier from Ponce, Puerto Rico on 5 June 2009
In Puerto Rico we sing this version: Cuatro elefantes Se balanceaban sobre una tela de la araña Como no sabian lo que sucedia fueron a parar a la funeraria. (Four elephants were balancing on a spider's web since they didn't know what was happenning they ended up in the funeral parlor)
By Carlos from Carolina, Puerto Rico on 29 July 2009
In Puerto Rico only those from Ponce sing the weird version (Pier's comment above) - my wife is from Ponce and it is FUNNY every time she sings it to our baby or in the house. The rest of the island sings the not-so-dark version ..."Cuatro elefantes se balanceaban sobre una tela de araña...Como veian que no se mecia fueron a buscar otro elefante...." .... the dudes went looking for another pal b/c the web wasn't moving.... Nobody died or ended up at the funeral parlor... :-)
By Angie from Nashville, Tn Usa on 4 January 2010
this is cool! As a nanny, we always sang an English song similar to this (one elephant went out to play upon a spider's web one day- makes me wonder if the Americans got the song from the Mexican version or vice versa. Thanks for sharing it!
By Jose from Fairfax, Va on 28 January 2010
I couldn't let this one go by without my two cents. It is funny how in various parts of Latin America we have different versions of this same song. Our version in Central America focuses on counting up vs. down and is as follows: Un elefante se balanceaba sobre la tela de un arana, y cuando vio que resistio fue a llamar a su camarada. Dos elefantes se balanceaban sobre la tela de un arana, y cuando vieron que resistia fueron a llamar a su camarada. Tres elefantes..... Cuatro elefantes.... Cinco elefantes.... This version can be endless, but that is the point. To teach kids a fun way of counting either in a new language or their primary language.
By Ellen from Chicago,il on 15 March 2010
Jose Luis Orozco sings a version of this song in his book/cd Diez Deditos. The tune is very catchy. I always get it stuck in my head and my preschool students picked it up right away. I drew a spider web onto a black glove and cut out some felt elephants for when we sing this in the classroom both in English and Spanish.
By Judith from Lisbon Portugal on 5 May 2010
Lots of mistakes. Shame. Too many to be considered typos.
By Kim from United States on 3 December 2010
I first heard this song through the Spanish teaching videos Destinos. Destinos follows an interesting plot for 52 episodes while increasing the level of Spanish used. A little girl was singing this and I thought it was so cute. Then I was teaching a class for hispanohablantes and asked about the song. One girl wrote down the lyrics for me. I love it!
By Claudia from Romania on 28 November 2011
I can't believe I found this! I'm from Romania - in Eastern Europe - and kids here sing this song all the time...one elephants, two elephants and so on...except that our version doesn't have an ending you can just keep on counting..I wonder who wrote it in the first place
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By Joey from Chicago,il on 22 March 2009
araa should be araña