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Little Miss Ann and Mista Cookie Jar are back at it again celebrating their shared Filipino-American heritage with their fun modern take on a beloved Filipino kids song about a crab (“alimango” in Tagalog). . . . and just in time for Asian American Pacific Islander Month! This song is in English mixed in with Tagalog, a Filipino language and the fourth most spoken language in the US. You don't have to speak Tagalog to enjoy this tropical dance tune!

lyrics

Tong Tong Tong 

Tong, tong, tong
Tong, pakitong-kitong
Alimango, sa dagat
Malaki at masarap
Mahirap 
Mahuli 
Sapagkat nangangagat

Gimme the tongs!
Tong tong tong
Grab the crab with tongs
Newspaper on the dinner table 
Vinegar’s strong
Cut up onions
Rice clumps 
Clumped from your hands
Crab meat and the yellow stuff 
Yummy as it lands 
On the tongue tongue tongue
It’s so fun fun fun
Cracking crabs with the fam bam
Can I get some?
Papa please
Mama scoop it for me
I’m not lazy 
I don’t wanna prick my finger
Crabs are so pointy
Ay, ary! 

Tong, tong, tong
Tong, pakitong-kitong
Alimango, sa dagat
Malaki at masarap
Mahirap 
Mahuli 
Sapagkat nangangagat

Yeah yeah

It’s the song song song of the crab 
It’s the season
Bet!
Catching crabs by the net
In the full moon
We all gon be full soon
Waves of sarap like a typhoon
Praise to the god of the sea, Sinaya
Some say Neptune
Oo po!
Respect the spirit, Alimango
Let all the ancestors hear it
Let ya voice flow
Sing with the music
Melodies from the ocean are just tubig
So corny

Wave bye to the crab
It’s running on the floor
Bye bye, Alimango

Takbo, Alimango
Para hinde ka maluto

Tagalog Translations:

Alimango, sa dagat
Malaki at masarap
Mahirap 
Mahuli 
Sapagkat nangangagat

Crabs from the sea,
So big and tasty,
It's difficult to catch,
'Cause it bites.
Tong, tong, tong, tong, pakitong-kitong.

Translations

tubig = water

Takbo, Alimango
Para hinde ka maluto =

Run, crab!
So you don't get cooked!

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released April 28, 2023

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Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips Los Angeles, California

Mista Cookie Jar is a children's music performer/multi-instrumentalist/video producer extraordinaire. His family band, Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips, have toured the US promoting their blend of Urban-Island-Folky-Rock & Roll for the Inner Child. Fusing audio style & visual lyricism, tradition & innovation, Mista Cookie Jar unites a rockstar excitement with the warmth of family music. ... more

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