spanish cat song....?
December 4, 2014 7:33 AM Subscribe
This has been bugging me for the past month!
Sometime in the late 90s/early 2000 I had a CD of Spanish language kids' music. One of the songs had a random bridge, where they started singing "We Are Siamese" from Lady and the Tramp in English in eerie voices. Then they started playing the tres (like a Spanish guitar, but Cuban), and went back to singing some song about backwards land where cats are kings (this I'm less sure of; my Spanish is not very good).
Does this sound familiar to anyone? What song is this and what is the CD called?
Sometime in the late 90s/early 2000 I had a CD of Spanish language kids' music. One of the songs had a random bridge, where they started singing "We Are Siamese" from Lady and the Tramp in English in eerie voices. Then they started playing the tres (like a Spanish guitar, but Cuban), and went back to singing some song about backwards land where cats are kings (this I'm less sure of; my Spanish is not very good).
Does this sound familiar to anyone? What song is this and what is the CD called?
My first thought on kid's song, Spanish, and cat made me think of Don Gato, but the lyrics you remember don't really fit.
Google led me to this page, which gives I guess the Spanish version with a literal English translation. If you search thatsite for "gato", you will find many hits for kids songs that have "gato" in them (some are Portuguese).
I know less Spanish than you, so I can't be much more help.
posted by mean square error at 8:55 AM on December 4, 2014
Google led me to this page, which gives I guess the Spanish version with a literal English translation. If you search thatsite for "gato", you will find many hits for kids songs that have "gato" in them (some are Portuguese).
I know less Spanish than you, so I can't be much more help.
posted by mean square error at 8:55 AM on December 4, 2014
There are no cat-related lyrics in El reino del revés, but the same songwriter (María Elena Walsh) also has another children's song that is all about a bunch of cats who mistake a "gato contest" (the folkloric dance) for a cat contest, and are disappointed. A long shot, perhaps, but maybe the medley included both of these and you're conflating them?
posted by dr. boludo at 10:01 AM on December 4, 2014
posted by dr. boludo at 10:01 AM on December 4, 2014
El Reino del Reves does include a cat lyric at the very start (that cats don't say "meow" and instead say yes as they all speak English).
posted by cobain_angel at 10:22 AM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by cobain_angel at 10:22 AM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
cobain_angel's right. The first lyric page I looked up omitted the first verse.
posted by dr. boludo at 12:27 PM on December 4, 2014
posted by dr. boludo at 12:27 PM on December 4, 2014
Best answer: fwiw, I remember singing Don Gato with the Siamese lyrics in grade school circa 1976.
posted by j_curiouser at 8:51 PM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by j_curiouser at 8:51 PM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
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posted by cobain_angel at 8:50 AM on December 4, 2014 [1 favorite]