Why a separate Catalan collection?
My intention in researching Catalan songs was to add just a small number to my original Spanish collection. However it was obvious from the outset that this region of Spain is a particularly rich source of wonderful music and rhythms and before long I had assembled and translated a dedicated compilation of singing games and dances.
Many of these had been accessed on the internet in the form of videos. The dances themselves should be self evident from the directions given but I would urge anyone who would like to introduce these songs in the Catalan language to classes of children to illustrate the dances using the videos as a model.
The songs below are compiled, adapted, translated and illustrated by Dany Rosevear
YouTube playlist: The Catalan collection
La tardor Autumn
La castanyera The chestnut seller YouTube
Les fulletes Leaves are falling YouTube pdf
Les pometes Ten apples on a tree YouTube
L’esquirol The squirrel YouTube
M’agrada la tardor I’m very glad its Autumn YouTube
Pet patum The chestnut seller
Soc un bolet I am a mushroom YouTube
Tres sis nou Three, six, nine
Els números i pedretes
Conillets a amagar
La gallina ponicana YouT
La pedreta
La tortuga YouT
Les pometes YouT
Pedra, pedreta
En cos i ànima
El ball de maniera YouT
El ball de Sant Cornelli
En Joan Petit YouT
Peu polidor
Si tu et vol divertir
Som els cavallers
Pica de peus
Els esclops de Pau
La dansa-sa YouT
La sardana de l’avellana
La solipanta
Napoleó YouT
Volta cap aqui
Gegant i petit
Balla el drac
El gegant del Pi
El tio fresco
Els petits putxinel li YouT
En Patufet YouT
Peix peixet
Un tren petito
Els animals
Arri arri tatanet
El bedriol
El lleó no em fa por YouT
El ruquet valent
Escarbat bum bum
Jo tinc una cabreta
La petita granoteta
Mireu els meus ànecs
Ploreu ploreu ninetes YouT
Els oficis i la granja
Cançó dels colors YouT
El ball de la civada
El ball de Sant Ferriol
El petit vailet
Els quatre llauradors
La pastoreta
Som els bombers YouT
Aliments i beguda
Beurem una boteta
El dijous llarder
En Joan ve de la cuina
Jo tinc cinc pomes
Joan del Rui YouT
La Caterineta YouT
La coqueta amb sucre
La masovera
Olles, olles
Xim, na, na, nà YouT
Xiriminimi
De la nit, el dia i el temps
Ara plou, ara neva YouT
Dalt del diri
La lluna la pruna
Mireu alla dalt
Sol solet YouT
Trinco trinco
Anem a cantar i ballar
A la vora de la mar
Ball de cercavila de Salàs
Ball dels mocadors
La bolangera
Picarel la
Sant Antoni i el dimoni
Tots els ocells que canten
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Find more Catalan songs and poems too, some by Valencian musicians such as Paco Muñoz and Dani Miquel, translated into English by Lluís Barberà i Guillem.***
© Dany Rosevear 2008 All rights reserved
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