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This is a children’s song found in several parts of Latin America that accompanies a game during which all the kids dance in a circle around one child who stands in the middle. When the lyrics of the song reach, “Ay ay ay!” the circling children scream “Ay ay ay!” into the ear of the child in the middle. The original lyrics of this song include references to the Spanish region of Catalonia, Catalan soldiers and the Spanish king, all of which may possibly be a reference to the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714)? The words in the All Around This World version are more poetic: “I’d like to be the moon way up high high high…. I’d like to be a dove so I could fly fly fly….”

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Quisiera ser tan alto como la luna, Ay-ay-ay! Como la luna
Quisiera ser paloma y poder volar, Ay-ay-ay! y poder volar

I’d like to be as the moon way up high, high, high, Ay-ay-ay! way up high, high, high.
I’d like to be a dove so I could fly fly fly, Ay-ay-ay! I could fly fly fly

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from All Around This World: Latin America, released October 1, 2013
Vocals: Tony Perez
Bass: Rob Hagopian
Piano/Keyboard: John Stengel
Trombone: James Negron
Drums/percussion: Francois Zayas
Additional percussion: Arturo Stable
Original is "High as the Moon" © Alpha Film Music on behalf of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, translation and arrangement by Jay Sand with permission

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All Around This World is a unique, interactive music program for children 0-9 years old that encourages kids and their families to explore the world by enjoying great global melodies, rhythms and movement.

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