Romance del joven conde, la sirena y el pájaro cucú. Y la oveja

Marcos Mundstock:
Many experts claim that some animals are sensitive to music, Mastropiero among them... among the experts. Perhaps the most fascinating experience of Mastropiero regarding the sounds emitted by different animals was the one he carried out with a flock of sheep, at his friend Gustav Schafdörfer's ranch. There he found that 37% of the studied sheep made a sound that began with a nasal laryngeal bilabial attack, similar to an 'M', followed by a staccato reiteration of an open guttural 'E' sound, with palato-alveolar resonances; in other words, 'Meeeee'. The remaining 63% replaced the nasal bilabial attack with a fricative laryngeal bilabial attack, 'Beeeeee'. Furthermore, of the total sheep that emitted 'Beeeeee', 12% could also emit 'Meeeee', and he called them sheep of mixed bleating, ambivalent or ambulant. On the other hand, although some 'Beeeeee' could 'Meeeee', no 'Meeeee' could 'Beeeeee', unless 'queeeeeee' was in the proximity of an ambulant 'Beeeeee', in which case said 'Meeeee' did not make either 'Meeeee' or 'Beeeeee', but kept a respectful silence. But what amazed Mastropiero the most was that in the middle of the flock, there was a sheep that did not bleat like the others and every time she saw him, she ran towards him uttering a strange: 'Uh... uh... uh...'. Mastropiero thought he had made a scientific discovery; great was his disillusionment when he discovered that it was not a simple sheep, but Gustav Schafdörfer's sister.
In the vocal and instrumental romance that will be heard next, Mastropiero narrates an old children's tale: 'Romance of the Young Count, the Mermaid, and the Cuckoo Bird. And the Sheep'

Carlos Núñez Cortés: It was an afternoon, the young count with his entourage went hunting
Jorge Maronna: The court maidens sighed for his walk
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: Banners and pennants could be seen fluttering
Jorge Maronna: And the horns, with their sounds,
Carlos Núñez Cortés: Began to sing
Everyone: Po po po po....

Carlos Núñez Cortés: The neighing of horses
Daniel Rabinovich: Neigh, neigh
Carlos Núñez Cortés: And the barking dogs
Daniel Rabinovich: Woof woof woof woof
Carlos Núñez Cortés: Scared the birds, who stopped singing
Daniel Rabinovich: Tweet tweet tweet tweet
Everyone: ...who stopped singing
Daniel Rabinovich: Tweet tweet tweet tweet
Everyone: ...who stopped singing
Daniel Rabinovich: Tweet tweet tweet tweet
Everyone: They stopped singing!!!
Daniel Rabinovich: Tweet!
Carlos Núñez Cortés: Pensively riding, the young count got lost
Jorge Maronna: A cuckoo bird that followed him sang this way to him:
Daniel Rabinovich: Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: 'Come with me, the mermaid of the sea awaits you,
Jorge Maronna: Imprisoned by your eyes...
Daniel Rabinovich: Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Jorge Maronna: ...she will only love you'
Carlos Núñez Cortés: The cuckoo led the count
Daniel Rabinovich: Coo coo coo coo
Carlos Núñez Cortés: To a magical place
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: A sheep was waiting to guide him to the sea
Daniel Rabinovich: Baa baa baa baa
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: A sheep was waiting
Daniel Rabinovich: Baa baa baa baa
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: To guide him to the sea
Daniel Rabinovich: Baa baa baa baa
Carlos Núñez Cortés: And suddenly the noble lad sweetly heard singing
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: It was the melodious song of the sea mermaid
Daniel Rabinovich: Ahhh....
Carlos Núñez Cortés: The lady... Daniel, what are you doing?
Daniel Rabinovich: The mermaid...
Carlos Núñez Cortés: The maiden laughed
Daniel Rabinovich: Neigh
Jorge Maronna: Shhh!
Carlos Núñez Cortés: When she saw the young man arrive;
Jorge Maronna: His joy was so great that he...
Daniel Rabinovich: Pee
Everyone: No, stop!
Jorge Maronna: That he...
Daniel Rabinovich: Poop
Everyone: Nooo!
Carlos Núñez Cortés: He went to the sea!!!
Daniel Rabinovich: Aah...

Jorge and Carlos Núñez: When they returned to the beach, they kissed passionately,
Jorge Maronna: And then...
Daniel Rabinovich: Smooch smooch, smooch smooch
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: ...a beautiful love was born.
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: All the little animals gathered to sing at the great wedding party of the sea mermaid.
Daniel Rabinovich: Meow meow
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: The kittens sang
Daniel Rabinovich: Quack, quack quack
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: The ducklings sang
Daniel Rabinovich: Chirp, chirp…
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: The crickets sang
Daniel Rabinovich: Cock-a-doodle-doo…
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: The...
Daniel Rabinovich: Cock-a-doodle-doo
Carlos Núñez Cortés: The... the roosters sang?
Daniel Rabinovich: No, the crocodiles
Carlos Núñez Cortés: And it was all joy and they had a...
Daniel Rabinovich: Baa baa
Jorge Maronna: And so they were very happy
Carlos Núñez Cortés: And they ate...
Daniel Rabinovich: Like pigs!
Carlos Núñez Cortés: Noooo!
Jorge and Carlos Núñez: And so they were very happy and so they were very happy and ate partridges