Third Grade is learning De Colores

De Colores

Third graders are learning the traditional folk song De Colores. This song was brought over to the Americas from Spain in the 16th century. This song was sung in honor of all the beautiful colors that one sees in the "campo" or on the "granja,' in the fields or on the farms.

Here are the lyrics in both Spanish and English! Enjoy singing!

De Colores

Spanish Version

     De colores, de colores
Se visten los campos en la primavera.
     De colores, de colores
Son los pajarillos que vienen de afuera.
     De colores, de colores
Es el arco iris que vemos lucir.

     Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
     Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.

   Canta el gallo, canta el gallo
Con el quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri, quiri.
     La gallina, la gallina
Con el cara, cara, cara, cara, cara.
     Los pollitos/polluelos, los pollitos/polluelos con el pío, pío, pío, pío, pí.

       

   Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.
     Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mí.

English Version

     In colors, in colors
The fields are dressed in the spring.
     In colors, in colors
Are the little birds that come from outside.
     In colors, in colors
Is the rainbow that we see shining.

     And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors
     And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors.

The rooster sings, the rooster sings
With a cock-a-doodle, cock-a-doodle-doo.
     The hen, the hen
With a cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck.
     The chicks, the chicks
With a cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep.

   And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors.
     And that is why I love
The great loves of many colors.