Derek Piotr
Fieldwork Archive

1803

Txalo pin txalo


Performed by Cirbie.
Recorded March 20, 2026 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Clapping song.
Learned as a youth from her grandmother, Amuma Magdalena (b. January 1925 in Gernika Bizkaia).


Txalopin txalo
txalo ta txalo...
Katutxue mispilla
ganian dago.
Ba-dago bego
ba-dago bego
zapatatxu barrijen
begira dago.
Gastelarako
ardaua ekarteko
geure umetxuak
brindo egitteko.
Little clap-clap
clap and clap...
The kitten is
on the loquat tree.
If it's there, let it be
if it's there, let it be
it's waiting
for the new shoes.
To bring wine
for Castile
so that our child
can make a toast.



Tags

clapping song, Intermountain Songs Project, United States, Utah