Dandole combate a un rio
Asi es como se enamora
Tu corazon con el mio
Luna luna luna llena
Menguante
Anda muchacho a la casa
Y me traes la carabina jiooo
Pa mata este gavilan
Que no me deja gallina
La luna me esta mirando
Yo no se lo que me ve
Yo tengo la ropa limpia
Ayer tarde la lave
Luna luna luna llena
Menguante
Clavelito
Lucerito
Nube de Agua
I saw a brown heron
struggling (giving combat) in a river
That’s how your heart
falls in love with mine
Moon, moon, full moon
Waning.
Go to the house, boy!
And bring me the shotgun. EEoh
To kill this hawk
That doesn’t leave me one chicken
The moon is looking at me
I don’t know what it sees
I’m wearing clean clothes
I washed them yesterday afternoon.
Moon, moon, full moon.
Waning.
Moon, moon, full moon.
Waning.
(names of cows:)
Little Carnation,
Little Light,
Cloud of Water.
*A tonada is considered an old “working song” from Venezuela. In this case, a song sung as one milked the cows. Simon Diaz is recognized as the musician who collected it.
Yolanda Alicia 