La Cucaracha ocarina tab

Traditional (Mexican). Written for the 12-hole Alto C ocarina. Challenging: 65 notes, C4 to D5, 5 sharps or flats, 1 big leap.

Mexican folk song about a cockroach that can't walk, popular since the Revolution of 1910.

La Cucaracha ocarina notes

Verse

C C F F A A C A, C D C Bb A C Bb G, C C E E G G Bb G, C D C Bb A G F

Chorus

C C C F A C C C F A, F F E E D D C, C C C E G C C C E G, C D C Bb A G F

Letter names, phrase by phrase. The interactive tab shows the octave and a fingering chart for every note.

Melody source: Frank Nordberg, musicaviva.com (via abcnotation.com)