Bonnie performs this song on Dreams, Drums & Green Thumbs.
This lively song integrates well into spring planting and gardening activities. Its cumulative repetitions make it useful to Spanish learners. It invites motions and dramatization. And it features a female farmer. This version comes from families at Compañeros, a pre-school in San Francisco, California.
Cuando siembra la bella hortelana,
Cuando siembra, siembra asi.
Si, siembra poco a poco,
Luego pone las manos asi,
Siembra asi, luego pone las manos asi.
Cuando riega
Cuando corta
Cuando muele
Cuando tortea
Cuando come
Literal (not singable) translation:
When the pretty farmer sows the seeds,
When she sows, she sows like this.
Yes, she sows little by little,
Then she places her hands like this.
She sows like this,
then she places her hands like this.
She waters
She cuts
She grinds
She makes tortillas
She eats
Bonnie performs this song on Dreams, Drums & Green Thumbs.
