Chico menico
rey del anillico
alto y vano
escribano
rey de la mano
The small one
the king of the ring
the tall and vain
the clerk
the king of the hand
Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: Y 5600/10
Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 140, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak.
In this children's rhyme, sung by an adult to a young child as the adult holds the hand of the child naming each finger from pinky to thumb.
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