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Sail Away With Books!
mimicking the actions told in the song. If you don’t know the music, you can find it on
Diez Deditos / Ten Little Fingers and Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin
America by José-Luis Orozco and on Lírica infantil con José-Luis Orozco v.1 by José
Luis-Orozco.)
Pimpón es un muñeco
con manos de cartón
se lava su carita (Pretend to wash your face)
con agua y con jabón.
Se desenreda el pelo (Pretend to comb your hair)
con peine de marfíl
y aunque no le gusta
no llora, ni hace así. (Make a face as if you are in pain)
Cuando come la sopa, (Pretend to eat soup)
no ensucia el delantal,
pues come con cuidado
como un buen colegial.
Y cuando las estrellas
comienzan a salir
Pimpón se va a la cama (Lay your head on your hands and close your eyes)
Pimpón se va dormir.
Pimpón dame la mano (Shake hands with as many children as you can reach)
con un fuerte apretón
que quiero ser tu amigo
Pimpón, Pimpón, Pimpón.
Pimpon
(English translation by Paola Ferate-Soto.)
Pimpon is a doll
With hands of cardboard.
He washes his face
With water and with soap. (Pretend to wash your face)
He untangles his hair,
With an ivory comb, (Pretend to comb your hair)
And even though he pulls his hair,
He doesn’t cry at all. (Make a face as if you are in pain)
When he eats his soup,
His apron remains clean, (Pretend to eat soup)
Since he eats as carefully
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