Me casé con un enano

"Me casé con un enano" ("I Married a Dwarf") is a Spanish folk song of unknown authorship dating back to the 19th century. It has been adapted in Spain as a children's song for skipping rope games and as a sevillana performed in traditional Andalusian courtyards. According to folklorist Bonifacio Gil, the lyrics circulated in different regions, such as Ávila and Castile, undergoing different adaptations over time, to the form of sevillanas, rumbas and flamencos.

This Dominican informant would sing the song while playing games with her grandchildren, motioning that the bed was too tall for a dwarf who was too short.

Me casé con un enano, no,
para poderme reir, ir, ir.
Le puse la cama al tata
y no se pude subir, ir, ir.

Pobre enanito, to
se va morir, ir, ir
porque la cama, ma
está muy alta, ta.

No se fijen de los hombre', bre'
que estan hechos de alfilere, re
con su palabrita dulce, ce
engañando las mujere', re'.

I married a dwarf, warf, warf
so I could laugh, aff, aff.
I put the bed down for the old man
and he can't get on, on, on.

Poor little dwarf, warf
he's going to die, ie, ie
because the bed, ed
is too high, igh.

Don't pay attention to men, en;
they're made of pins, ins
with their sweet little words, rds
deceiving the women, en.

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