La Mona Jacinta
La mona Jacinta
Se ha puesto una cinta
Se peina, se peina
Y quiere ser reina
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Mas la pobre mona
No tiene corona
Tiene una galera
De hoja de higuera
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Un loro bandido
Le vende un vestido
Un manto con plumas
Y un collar de espumas
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Al verse en la fuente
Dice alegremente
Qué mona preciosa
Parece una rosa
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Levanta un castillo
De un solo ladrillo
Rodeado de flores
Y sapos cantores
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
La mona cocina
Con leche y harina
Prepara la sopa
Y tiende la ropa
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Su marido mono
Se sienta en el trono
Sus hijas monitas
En cuatro sillitas
Ay, no te rías de sus monerías
Mona Jacinta
Mona Jacinta
Has put on a ribbon
She combs, she combs
And wants to be queen
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
But the poor monkey
Has no crown
She has a hat
Made of fig leaf
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
A bandit parrot
Sells her a dress
A cloak with feathers
And a foam necklace
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
Seeing herself in the fountain
She joyfully says
What a beautiful monkey
She looks like a rose
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
She builds a castle
With just one brick
Surrounded by flowers
And singing toads
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
The monkey cooks
With milk and flour
She prepares the soup
And hangs the clothes
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business
Her monkey husband
Sits on the throne
Her little monkey daughters
On four little chairs
Oh, don't laugh at her monkey business