Song: Dans Mon Pays

(A) Dans mon pays d'Espagne, olé! (repeat)

(B) Il y a soleil comme ça... (repeat)

Verses and actions:

(B) Il y a soleil comme ça (draw a large circle using your hands)

(C) Il y a mantagnes comme ça (outling mountain peaks and valleys)

(D) Il y a bon vin comme ça... (drink from a glass)

(E) Il y a guitars comme ça... (strum guitar)

(F) Il y a castagnettes comme ça... (snap fingers)

(G) Il y a señoritas comme ça.... (one hand behind head, one hand forward in the pose of a Spanish dancer)

 

This is a cumulative song.  The sequence is as follows:

  1. Leader sings A twice, and snaps fingers on "olé!"
    Leader sings B twice, then everyone repeats B twice.
  2. All sing A twice.
    Leader sings C twice, then everyone repeats C twice.
    Leader sings B, then everyone repeats B.
  3. All sing A twice.
    Leader sings D twice, then everyone repeats D twice.
    Leader sings C, then everyone repeats C.
    Leader sings B, then everyone repeats C.
  4. etc

Source: Jubilee Songbook published by Girl Guides of Canada.
Original source unknown. Probably public domain. May be reproduced.