La Orquesta
Los Cuatro Cuartos
The Orchestra
Beautiful melodies,
entwined with the violins,
first and second,
get ready to play.
The clarinet softly,
plays dúa dúa the clarinet,
the clarinet softly,
plays dúa dúa da.
(both together, 1st and 2nd verse)
The bassoon signals the counterpoint la,
lalaralaralara, larala,
the bassoon signals the counterpoint la,
lalaralaralara.
(all three together, 1st and 3rd verse)
The trumpet dominates
the whole orchestra, tarara, tarara,
trumpetara, tarara,
trumpet dominates
the whole orchestra, tarara, tata.
(all four together, 1st,… and 4th verse)
On the other hand, the trombone,
doesn't pose problems,
G C, C G, G G G C.
(all together, 1st,… and 5th verse 2x)