Al levantar una lancha - Songs with games







The song has three parts, the first part sung by the choir, the second part sung by the gardener's girl and the third part sung by the girl chosen by the gardener's girl. The garden girl is chosen by a counting-out rhyme. The verses are marked who is singing it. When the song is sung the chosen girl will be gardener's girl. The previous gardener's girl will be part of the chorus and the game starts all over again.

Al levantar una lancha
...........................
When lifting a big stone
...........................

Al levantar una lancha,
una jardinera vi,
llevando sus lindas flores
y al momento la seguí,
y al momento la seguí.
chorus: When lifting a big stone
I have seen a gardener's girl
carrying her beautiful flowers
and I followed her immediately
and I followed her immediately.

Jardinera tu que entraste
en el jardín del amor,
de las flores que tú llevas,
dime cual es la mejor
dime cual es la mejor.
Gardener's girl, who has entered
the garden of love
of all the flowers you carry
tell me which one is the best
tell me which one is the best.

La mejor es una rosa,
que se viste de color,
del color que se le antoja
y verde tiene la hoja
y verde tiene la hoja
garden girl: The best one is a rose
dressed in colour
with the colour that shows her humour
and that has green leaves
and that has green leaves.

Tres hojitas tiene verdes
y las demás encarnadas,
a ti te escojo Maria
por ser la más resalada
por ser la más resalada.
It has three green leaves
and all the others are red
and I choose you, Maria
because you are the most pleasant
because you are the most pleasant.

Muchas gracias jardinera,
por el gusto
que has tenido,
tantas niñas en el corro,
y a mí sola has elegido
y a mí sola has elegido
chosen girl: Thank you, gardener's girl
for the taste
that you have had
so many girls are in the choir
and you have chosen only me.
and you have chosen only me.

vocabulary 
la lancha = big stone
la jardinera = gardener's girl (lady gardener)
seguir = to follow
entrar = to enter
el amor = love
la flor = flower
decir = to say, to tell
el color = colour
la hoja = leaf
encarnado = dark red
escoger = to choose
resalado = pleasant
el gusto = taste
la niña = girl
tener = to have
elegir = to choose
solo = only






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