Caballito Lyrics in English Carlos Vives
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Intro
Se encojó, se encojó
Shrinked, shrunk
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Verse 1
Mi caballo de madera
My wooden horse
Mi juguete más bonito
My most beautiful toy
Se le ha dañado una pata
A leg has been damaged
Y se encojó mi caballito
And my little horse shrank
Navegando río abajo
Navigating downstream
Vi jugando un abuelito
I saw a grandfather playing
Me enseñó como curarlo
He taught me how to cure it
Y bailamos este jueguito
And we danced this little game
Chorus 1
Y atención a los pelaos
And attention to the pelaos
Que ahora va empezó el cuentico
That now goes began the story
Vamos todos a imitar
Let's all imitate
Lo que haga el caballito
What the horse does
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Se encojó, se encojó
Shrinked, shrunk
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Caminó mi caballito
My horse walked
Caminó, caminó
He walked, he walked
Caminó mi caballito
My horse walked
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Galopó mi caballito
My horse galloped
Galopó, galopó
Galloped, galloped
Galopó mi caballito
My horse galloped
Ay que se encojó y se encojó
Oh that cringed and shrunken
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Ay que se encojó y caminó
Oh he cringed and walked
Caminó mi caballito
My horse walked
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Brincó mi caballito
He jumped my horse
Ya brincó, ya brincó
He's already jumped, he's already jumped
Ya brincó mi caballito
My horse jumped
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Se enhieló mi caballito
My horse chilled
Se enhieló, se enhieló
It went cold, it went cold
Se enhieló mi caballito
My horse chilled
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Se agachó mi caballito
My horse crouched down
Se agachó, se agachó
He crouched, he crouched down
Se agachó como un sapito
He crouched like a toad
Ay que ya brincó y se enhielo
Oh that already jumped and ice
Se agachó mi caballito
My horse crouched down
Egidio con su acordeón
Egidio with his accordion
También juega al caballito
Also play horse
Egidio con su acordeón
Egidio with his accordion
Hazlo tú con las manitos
Do it yourself with your little hands
Bridge
Galopando vamos ya
Galloping we are already
Tiqui-taca el caballito
Tiqui-taca el caballito
Como lo diga el tambor
As the drum says
Lo hacemos con las manitos
We do it with the little hands
Como gilberth lo tocó
How gilberth played it
Lo hacemos igualitico.
We make it egalitarian.
Chorus 2
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Se encojó, se encojó
Shrinked, shrunk
Se encojó mi caballito
My horse shrank
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Corrió mi caballito
My horse ran
Ya corrió, ya corrió
He's already run, he's already run
Ya corrió mi caballito
My horse has already run
Uelelei ei ela
Uelelei ei ela
Giró mi caballito
He turned my horse
Ya giró ya giró
Already turned and turned
Ya giró mi caballito
My horse has already turned
Ay que se encojó y ya corrió
Oh he cringed and ran
Ya corrió mi caballito
My horse has already run
Es que ya corrió y se paró
It's that he already ran and stood
Se agarró de las manitos
He grabbed his little hands
Y giró y giró
And he twisted and turned.
Y giró mi caballito
And he turned my horse
Giró, giró, giró, giró
It turned, turned, turned, turned
Y giró mi caballito
And he turned my horse
Outro
Ya cansado mi caballo
My horse is tired
Ha cerrado sus ojitos
He has closed his eyes
Vamos todos a arrullarlo
Let's all lull him to sleep
Se durmió mi caballito
My horse fell asleep
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