Canción tonta

Mamá. Yo quiero ser de plata.
Hijo, tendrás mucho frío.
Mamá. Yo quiero ser de agua.
Hijo, tendrás mucho frío.
Mamá. Bórdame en tu almohada.
Eso sí! Ahora mismo!

by Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Bruce Christian Bennett (1968-) , "Canción tonta", 1988 [soprano, clarinet, guitar, harpsichord, five-string viola/violin/viola, violoncello], from Five Spanish Songs, no. 3.
by Silvestre Revueltas (1899-1940) , "Canción tonta", published 1945, from Cinco canciones de niños, no. ?

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