TWIN SONGS: SIMPLE SIMON (GB) AND YANKEE DOODLE (USA)

DOS CANCIONES GEMELAS:
 El tonto Simón (Gran Bretaña)
y el tonto Juan del queso (Estados Unidos)

SIMPLE SIMON

KARAOKE VERSION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-I42ZvdNiw

"Simple Simon met a pieman going to the fair;
"El tonto Simón se encontró un pastelero yendo a la feria;

Said Simple Simon to the pieman "Let me taste your ware"

le dijo el tonto Simón al pastelero "-Déjame probar tu mercancía"
Said the pieman to Simple Simon "Show me first your penny"
Le dijo el pastelero a Simón "-Muéstrame primero tu penique"

Said Simple Simon to the pieman "Sir, I have not any!"

y el tonto Simón le dice al pastelero "-Señor, no tengo ninguno"

Simple Simon went a-fishing for to catch a whale;
El tonto Simón se fue de pesca para atrapar una ballena;

All the water he had got was in his mother's pail.
y toda el agua que tenía estaba en el cubo de su madre.

Simple Simon went to look if plums grew on a thistle;
El tonto Simón fue a mirar si las ciruelas crecen en un cardo;

He pricked his fingers very much which made poor Simon whistle.
Se pinchó los dedos mucho y el pobre Simon se puso a silbar.

He went for water in a sieve but soon it all fell through;
Fue a buscar agua en un colador, pero enseguida toda se esparció;

And now poor Simple Simon, bids you all "Adieu"
Y ahora pobre Simón, les pide a todos "Adieu" (Adiós en francés)

YANKEE DOODLE

PICTURES VERSION - VERSIÓN CON FOTOS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwHvyqNDUvE&list=RDsjgHmT38gp8

KARAOKE VERSION

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjgHmT38gp8

Yankee Doodle went to town,

Riding on a Pony,

Stuck a feather in his cap,

And called him Macaroni,

Yankee Doodle fue a la ciudad,

Cabalgando sobre un pony;

En su sombrero una pluma colocó,

y macarroni le llamó.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle Dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

Yankee Doodle, sigue así,

señor Yankee Doodle;

Recuerda la música y los pasos,

¡Y con las chicas sé gentil!

Father and I went down to camp,

Along with Captain Gooding,

And there we saw the men and boys,

Thick as Hasty Pudding

Papá y yo fuimos a un campamento

junto con el Capitán Gooding

y allí vimos a los hombres y niños

tan gordos como pudings.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle Dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

Yankee Doodle, sigue así,

señor Yankee Doodle;

Recuerda la música y los pasos,

¡Y con las chicas sé gentil!

There was Captain Washington,

Upon a slapping stallion,

Giving orders to his men,

I guess there were a million.

Allí estaba el Capitán Washington

sobre un semental fustigado

dando órdenes a sus hombres

creo que eran un millón.

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle Dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

Yankee Doodle, sigue así,

señor Yankee Doodle;

Recuerda la música y los pasos,

¡Y con las chicas sé gentil!

Various European countries claim the original of the tune we know as Yankee Doodle, and it was the British who brought it to America during the French and Indian Wars. The opening words of the song refer to the fact that when Oliver Cromwell rode horseback into Oxford in 1653 he wore a hat decorated with a single feather fastened by an elaborate knot — an Italian decoration called a "macaroni." The British troops used the song and the term sarcastically, to ridicule the makeshift appearance of the dress of American Colonial troops. When the Revolution began, the Americans adopted the song as a rallying tune, and it was played by fifers and drummers in every camp and battle. At the British surrender at Yorktown on Oct. 19, 1781, the American army band played Yankee Doodle to celebrate the American victory and so it became one of the best wellknown patriotic USsongs.

Varios países europeos reclaman el original de la melodía que conocemos como Yankee (*) Doodle (**), y fueron los británicos los que la llevaron a Estados Unidos durante las Guerras descolonizadoras de Gran Bretaña contra Francia. Las palabras de la canción se refieren al hecho de que cuando Oliver Cromwell montó a caballo en Oxford en el año 1653 llevaba un sombrero adornado con una sola pluma sujeta por un nudo complicado — una decoración italiana llamada "un macarrón"-. Las tropas británicas utilizaban la canción y el término sarcásticamente, para ridiculizar el aspecto improvisado de la vestimenta de las tropas americanas coloniales. Cuando empezó la revolución, los estadounidenses adoptaron la canción como un canto de protesta, y que tocaban todos los flautines y tamborileros en cada campo de batalla. En la rendición británica en Yorktown el 19 de octubre de 1781, la banda del ejército estadounidense jugó yanqui para celebrar la victoria americana y así se convirtió en una de las más conocidas canciones patrióticas de EEUU.

(*) Juan el del queso,   (**) simplón

More information in English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle

Más información en español: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_Doodle

HELLO - GOODBYE SONG

A famous song for The Beatles for all cycles: 

Una famosa canción de Los Beatles para todos los ciclos.

KARAOKE VERSION

There are some more videos in the 1st level page about "Hello and Goodbye"

Hay algunos vídeos más en la página de 1º curso sobre "Hola y Adiós"

MOTHER MARY AND THE BEATLES - LA VIRGEN MARÍA Y LOS BEATLES

In the Catholic world, May is traditioanlly Mother Mary's month; and in Lucena, the first Sunday of May, we celebrate de day of Our Mother the Virgin of Araceli. En el mundo católico, mayo es tradicionalmente el mes de María; y en Lucena, el primer domingo de mayo, celebramos el día de Nuestra Madre, la Virgen de Araceli.

The anglican and protestant world doesn't give the same role to Mother Mary, but there have been sometimes some happy references to Her, as this from the song "LET IT BE" from "THE BEATLES". 

El mundo anglicano y protestante no concede el mismo papel a la Virgen María, pero han existido a veces felices referencias a Ella, como ésta de la canción "LET IT BE" de "LOS BEATLES".

Here you've got the song in a bilingual video, then the lyrics in English and finally two more versions, one from "Justin Bieber" and another from the group "Fith Harmony".  ¿Why don't you learn it?

Aquí tienes la canción en un vídeo bilingüe, después la letra en inglés y finalmente dos versiones más, una de "Justin Bieber" y otra del grupo "Fith Harmony" (Quinta Armonía).  ¿Porqué no la aprendes?

LET IT BE

When i find myself in times of trouble, 

mother mary comes to me 

speaking words of wisdom, let it be 

and in my hour of darkness 

she is standing right in front of me 

speaking words of wisdom, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be 

whisper words of wisdom, let it be 

And when the broken hearted people 

living in the world agree 

there will be an answer, let it be 

for though they may be parted, 

there is still a chance that they will see 

there will be an answer, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be 

there will be an answer, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be 

whisper words of wisdom, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be 

whisper words of wisdom, let it be 

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light 

that shines on me 

shine until tomorrow, let it be 

i wake up to the sound of music, 

mother mary comforts me 

speaking words of wisdom, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be 

there will be an answer, let it be 

let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be 

whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Justin Bieber version - Versión de Justin Bieber

Fith Harmony version - Versión de Fith Harmony

SPRING IS HERE

LEARN AND PRACTISE WITH THESE TWO SONGS ABOUT SPRING:

APRENDE Y PRACTICA CON ESTAS DOS CANCIONES SOBRE LA PRIMAVERA:
(Click on the pictures - Pica en las dibujos)

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THE BEATLES, 50 YEARS

In 2012 has been celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary pop music group "THE BEATLES" and there is a new musical in London that goes over its repertory.  To enter the official website, click on the picture:

In 2012 has been celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary pop music group "THE BEATLES" and there is a new musical in London that goes over its repertory. Para entrar en la página oficial, pica en la imagen:

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT SCHOOL TODAY? by Pete Seeger

WHAT DID YOU LEARN AT SCHOOL TODAY? 
¿QUÉ APRENDISTE EN LA ESCUELA HOY?
Pete Seeger

Lyrics

(Translation is on the video
La traducción está en el vídeo)

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that Washington never told a lie.

I learned that soldiers seldom die.

I learned that everybody's free,

And that's what the teacher said to me.

Chorus

That's what I learned in school today,

That's what I learned in school.

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that policemen are my friends.

I learned that justice never ends.

I learned that murderers die for their crimes

Even if we make a mistake sometimes.

Chorus

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned our Government must be strong;

It's always right and never wrong;

Our leaders are the finest men

And we elect them again and again.

Chorus

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

What did you learn in school today,

Dear little boy of mine?

I learned that war is not so bad;

I learned about the great ones we have had;

We fought in Germany and in France

And someday I might get my chance.

Chorus

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang es una película musical, de 1968, dirigida por Ken Hughes y protagonizada por Dick Van Dyke ySally Ann Howes, adaptación de un libro de Ian Fleming (creador del Agente 007), llamado Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. LosHermanos Sherman escribieron las canciones muy elogiados y la música para la película. La canción "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" (como el título de la película) fue nominada para un Óscar a la mejor canción original.

Para saber más:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitty_Chitty_Bang_Bang

Here there is the original song. 
Aquí está la canción original:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTTzcXSLjhI

THE SOUND OF MUSIC - SONRISAS Y LÁGRIMAS

The sound of music Do Re Mi Fa
Version from the original film:
Do Re Mi Fa
"El sonido de la música" (Sonrisas y lágrimas)
Versión de la película original:
    

DO RE MI (The Sound of Music)

Let's start at the very beginning
A very good place to start
When you read you begin with A-B-C
When you sing you begin with do-re-mi

Do-re-mi, do-re-mi
The first three notes just happen to be
Do-re-mi, do-re-mi

[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti
[spoken] Let's see if I can make it easy

Doe, a deer, a female deer
Ray, a drop of golden sun
Me, a name I call myself
Far, a long, long way to run
Sew, a needle pulling thread
La, a note to follow Sew
Tea, a drink with jam and bread
That will bring us back to Do

(oh-oh-oh)
[Maria and Children:] [Repeat above verse twice]

[Maria:] Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do So-do!

[Maria: (spoken)]
Now children, do-re-mi-fa-so and so on
are only the tools we use to build a song.
Once you have these notes in your heads,
you can sing a million different tunes by mixing them up.
Like this.

So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[spoken] Can you do that?
[Children:] So Do La Fa Mi Do Re
[Maria:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Children:] So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:] [spoken] Now, put it all together.

[Maria and Children:]
So Do La Fa Mi Do Re, So Do La Ti Do Re Do
[Maria:] [spoken] Good!
[Brigitta:] [spoken] But it doesn't mean anything.
[Maria:] [spoken] So we put in words. One word for every note. Like this.

When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything
[spoken] Together!

[Maria and Children:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

Doe, a deer, a female deer…

Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do
Do Ti La So Fa Mi Re

[Children:]
Do Mi Mi
Mi So So
Re Fa Fa
La Ti Ti
[Repeat above verse 4x as Maria sings]

[Maria:]
When you know the notes to sing
You can sing most anything

[Maria and Children:] 

  Doe, a deer, a female deer…

[Maria:] [Children:]
Do . . . So Do
Re . . . La Fa
Mi . . . Mi Do
Fa . . . Re
So . . . So Do
La . . . La Fa
Ti . . . La So Fa Mi Re
Ti Do - oh - oh Ti Do -- So Do

Easy to sing version from
the "Muffins songs" with lyrics
Versión fácil de cantar de 
"Canciones de magdalenas" con letra

 

Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical film directed by Robert Wise and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. The film is based on the Broadway musicalThe Sound of Music, with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and screenplay written byErnest Lehman. The musical originated with the book The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp. It contains many popular songs, including "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain", "Do-Re-Mi", "Sixteen Going on Seventeen", and "The Lonely Goatherd", as well as the title song.

The movie version was filmed on location in Salzburg, Austria; Bavaria in Southern Germany; and at the20th Century Fox Studios in California. It was photographed in 70mm Todd-AO format by Ted D. McCord. It won a total of five Academy Awards including Best Picture and displaced Gone with the Wind as thehighest-grossing film of all-time. The cast album was also nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

In 2001, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry as it was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

(Copied from the Wikipedia on this adress:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music)

The Sound of Music (1965, Sonrisas y lágrimas en España yLa novicia rebelde en Latinoamérica) es una película dirigida porRobert Wise y protagonizada por Julie Andrews y Christopher Plummer. Basada en el musical de Broadway del mismo nombre (con canciones escritas por Richard Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II) y con un guion de Ernest Lehman, la película es una adaptación de la novela La historia de los cantantes de la familia Trapp, publicada por María von Trapp que tuvo version de cine en 1956, Die Trapp-Familie. El rodaje tuvo lugar enSalzburgo y en los estudios de la 20th Century Fox en California. La película ganó un Oscar a Mejor Película y es uno de los musicales más exitosos jamás producido. La imagen de Austriaen los Estados Unidos así como en muchos otros países asiáticos y latinoamericanos ha sido, hasta el día de hoy, altamente influenciada por la película.

(Copiado de la Wikipedia en esta dirección:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music)


Two performances made in two different train stations based on this song:
Dos representaciones hechas en dos diferentes estaciones de tren basadas en esta canción:

Do Re Mi - Tawa College
Wellington Railway Station,
New Zealand 
 

Sound of Music | Central Station
 Antwerp (Belgium)

The spanish version of  the musical "The Sound of Music" is now being represented in Spain, in The Coliseum Theatre in Madrid. Click on the picture to enter in the official page of the play:

La versión española del musical Sonrisas y Lágrimas está representándose ahora en España en el Teatro Coliseo de Madrid. Pica en la dibujo para entrar en la página oficial de la obra:

THE CHRISTMAS' BELLS' CAROL - EL VILLANCICO DE LAS CAMPANAS DE NAVIDAD

Celtic Woman is an Irish music delicious group composed nowadays by four beautiful women and better singers and musiciens. They sing songs like this carol:  Celtic Woman es un delicioso grupo de música irlandesa compuesto en la actualidad por cuatro hermosas mujeres y mejores cantantes y músicas. Cantan canciones como éste villancico.

This is their official web. Ésta es su página oficial:

http://www.celticwoman.com/

Carol of The Bells - Celtic Woman

Hark how the bells

Sweet silver bells

All seem to say

Throw cares away

Christmas is here

Bringing good cheer

To young and old 

Meek and the bold 

Ding dong ding 

That is their song 

With joyful ring 

All caroling 

One seems to hear 

Words of good cheer 

From everywhere 

Filling the air 

Oh how they pound 

Raising the sound 

O'er hill and dale 

Telling their tale 

Gaily they ring 

While people sing 

Songs of good cheer 

Christmas is here 

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas 

Merry, merry, merry, merry Christmas 

On on they send 

On without end 

Their joyful tone to every home 

Dong ding dong ding

MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS - BOB DYLAN

Learn this beautiful and rhitmic song from Bob Dylan:

Aprende esta hermosa y rítmica canción de Bob Dylan:

     

 MAN GAVE NAMES TO ALL THE ANIMALS 

EL HOMBRE LES DIO NOMBRES A TODOS LOS ANIMALES

Man gave names to all the animals 

In the beginning, in the beginning. 

Man gave names to all the animals 

In the beginning, long time ago. 

He saw an animal that liked to growl, 

Big furry paws and he liked to howl, 

Great big furry back and furry hair. 

"Ah, think I'll call it a bear." 

Man gave names to all the animals... 

He saw an animal up on a hill 

Chewing up so much grass until she was filled. 

He saw milk comin' out but he didn't know how. 

"Ah, think I'll call it a cow." 

Man gave names to all the animals... 

He saw an animal that liked to snort, 

Horns on his head and they weren't too short. 

It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull. 

"Ah, think I'll call it a bull." 

Man gave names to all the animals... 

He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail, 

Real dirty face and a curly tail. 

He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big. 

"Ah, think I'll call it a pig." 

Man gave names to all the animals... 

Next animal that he did meet 

Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet, 

Eating grass on a mountainside so steep. 

"Ah, think I'll call it a sheep." 

Man gave names to all the animals... 

He saw an animal as smooth as glass 

Slithering his way through the grass. 

Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . . 

I'M A TRAIN (by Albert Hammond)

Try to learn and sing this song. You can find the lyrics down. 

Intenta aprender y cantar esta canción. Puedes encontrar la letra abajo.

Look at me

I'm a train

on a track

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah

Look at me

Gotta load

on my back

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah

Been a hard day

Yes

it has been a

hard day

Yes

it has been a

hard day

yes it has

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

I'm a chook-a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

chook-a train

yeah

Look at me

I'm a train

on a line

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah !

Look at me

for the very

last time

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah!

Been a life

that's long

and hard

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah!

Going

down to

the

braker'

s yard

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah!

Been a hard day

.. .

Been a life

that's long

and hard

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah!

Going

down to

the

braker'

s yard

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

yeah!

Been a hard day

Yes

it has been a

hard day

Yes

it has been a

hard day

yes it has

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a train

I'm a chook-a train

I'm a train

I'm a chook-a

train...

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a train

I'm a I'm a train