Ako Ay May Lobo
from Tatlong Awiting Pambata (Three Philippine Children’s Songs)
SATB div. a cappella
2:40 approx.
Ako Ay May Lobo (I Have a Balloon) is a traditional children’s song from the Tagalog region of the Philippines. It is one out of three pieces in Tatlong Awiting Pambata (Three Philippine Children’s Songs). The other two are Ang Alibangbang (The Butterfly) and Dindikan.
Tatlong Awiiting Pambata was commissioned by Anna Abeleda-Piquero for the University of Visayas Chorale.
AKO AY MAY LOBO (I Have a Balloon)
Trad. Philippine folk
Ako ay may lobo
Lumipad sa langit
‘Di ko na nakita
Pumutok na pala.
Sayang ang pera ko
Binili ng lobo
Sa pagkain sana
Nabusog pa ako.
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I have a balloon
It flew to the sky
Never saw it again
Turns out it popped.
My money went to waste
Buying that balloon
If I had bought food instead
I would have been full.