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Ambos A Do

A game song from Puerto Rico that is a variant of a song that probably came to Spain in the eighteenth century from France, known as Un Beau Chateau (A Beautiful Castle) that gradually lost its meaning over time, becoming the nonsense words Ambos A Do.  This version could be used to practice re.

Source: Folkways Recording of Deisy Parilla (age 10) with other children (1977).