The Spanish Language Children's Song "Chocolate" ("Bate Bate Chocolate") Videos, Information, & lyrics

Smithsonian Folkways, Oct. 9, 2015

José-Luis Orozco performs "Chocolate" accompanied by a trio of young voices: Natalia González, Sandino González-Flores, and Sofía Guadalupe Flores-Castro. The song is featured on his Smithsonian Folkways release '¡Come Bien! Eat Right!' -snip- This YouTube sound file of this song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEv7xQicpxU indicates that it was recorded by José-Luis Orozco in 1988. **** Edited by Azizi Powell This pancocojams post showcases __ YouTube videos of the song "Chocolate".That song is also known as "Bate Bate Chocolate". This post also includes information about this song and the lyrics that José-Luis Orozco uses for that song. The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aestheticpurposes. All copyrights remain with their owners. Thanks to the unknown composer of this folk song. Thanks to all those whose adaptations of this traditional Latin American song are featured in these videos and thanks to the producers and publishers of these videos on YouTube. Thanks also to all those who are featured in these videos and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. -snip- The word "chocolate" is pronounced the Spanish way "cho coh lah tay" and the word "bate" is pronounced "bah tay" -snip- Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-same-hand-motions-for-spanish.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "The Same Hand Motions For The Spanish Language Children's Games "Chocolate" & "Mariposa" And The English Language Children's Hand Game "Double Double This This".****INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SONG
Excerpt #1From https://yellowbrickroadblog.com/bate-bate-chocolate-in-the-elementary-music-classroom/ "Bate Bate Chocolate In The Elementary School Classroom" posed by Jennifer, February 10, 2021" "Bate Bate Chocolate" is a traditional children’s rhyme. As with many children’s rhymes, it has different versions. Some lyrics describe cooking mole sauce (a delicious sauce native to Mexico), while others describe stirring chocolate. My favorite version is the one composed by José-Luis Orozco"... 
-snip-
"Bate Bate Chocolate" is a traditional Latin American song that is sung in Spanish.**** Excerpt #2 From  https://simplemusicteaching.com/2018/07/12/bate-bate-chocolate/ "BATE BATE CHOCOLATE" by July 12, 2018 by admin  …"When I teach “Bate Bate Chocolate” to my students, I teach them that the phrase means to “stir or mix the chocolate”. Then I teach them how chocolate is made. …

[…]

I also explain to the students more of the origin story of chocolate. The Mayans of Central America are believed to be the first to discover cacao as early as 900 AD! They learned that the beans inside the cacao pods could be harvested and made into a yummy treat! Mayans used to make chocolate a lot differently than we do today. It used to be a liquid made from crushed cocoa beans, spices such as chili and cinnamon, vanilla, and honey. Now most chocolate is made with sugar and milk. Mayans used to call it “the food of the gods” and it was often consumed during religious ceremonies and marriage celebrations."...

****Lyrics - "Chocolate" (pronounced "Cho coh lah tay")
(José-Luis Orozco)

Uno, dos, tres, cho
Uno, dos, tres, co
Uno, dos, tres, la
Uno, dos, tres, te

Uno, dos, tres, cho
Uno, dos, tres, co
Uno, dos, tres, la
Uno, dos, tres, te

Chocolate, chocolate, bate, bate, chocolate
Chocolate, chocolate, bate, bate, el chocolate

Uno, dos, tres, cho
Uno, dos, tres, co
Uno, dos, tres, la
Uno, dos, tres, te

Uno, dos, tres, cho
Uno, dos, tres, co
Uno, dos, tres, la
Uno, dos, tres, te

Chocolate, chocolate, bate, bate, chocolate
Chocolate, chocolate, bate, bate, el chocolate
Chocolate, chocolate, bate, bate, el chocolate

-snip-

These lyrics were found via Google search.

-snip-
Google search from Spanish to English= "uno, dos, tres" = "one, two, three"

bate= "stir"; "mix"
**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #2 - MGOL Rhymes: Bate Bate Chocolate (Spanish version with lyrics)

Mother Goose on the Loose, Jul 1, 2021

Lyrics:

Bate, bate, chocolate,
Tu nariz de cacahuate.
Uno, dos, tres, cho!
Uno, dos, tres, co!
Uno, dos, tres, la!
Uno, dos, tres, te!
Bate, bate, chocolate!

 

English translation:

Shake, shake Chocolate,
Your peanut nose.
One, two, three, cho!
One, two, three, co!
One, two, three, la!
One, two, three, te!
Shake, shake Chocolate!

Mother Goose on the Loose® (MGOL) is a research-based, award-winning, early childhood program. Originally designed for parents & caregivers with babies and toddlers from birth to age 2, it uses purposeful play to builds school readiness skills, strengthen parent/child bonding, and provide “developmental tips” to parents."...

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #3 - Dora The Explorer Season 1 Chocolate Tree Bate Bate

JJTHE BEAST, May 19, 2022 -snip- Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_the_Explorer for information about the American children's television series entitled "Dora the Explorer". The first season of that series aired in 2000.

Here's an excerpt from https://dora.fandom.com/wiki/Bate,_Bate,_Chocolate about this song in Dora the Explorer episodes:
"in: Songs, Dora the Explorer Songs, Dora the Explorer Season 1, and 6 more

Bate, Bate, Chocolate

Bate, Bate, Chocolate (Spanish for "Mix, Mix, Chocolate" or "Stir, Stir, Chocolate"; also known as "The Chocolate Song") is a chocolate mixing song from "The Chocolate Tree", "Best Friends" and "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure”. It was also heard briefly in "El Día De Las Madres" by the Chocolate Tree.

[…]

Lyrics

Bate, bate, chocolate (2×)

Mix your chocolate, chocolate

Bate, bate, chocolate!

Trivia

In El Día De Las Madres, Chocolate Tree only sang the first line twice when Dora and Boots are near him.

It is the twentieth track in Dora the Explorer (album).

Dora's voice actress from Seasons 7-8, Fátima Ptacek, says that her favorite episode is The Chocolate Tree because of this song and she used to sing it with her grandmother when she watched the show.

Here's proof.

In Dora, there is a similar song called Bate Chocolate, but is about making cookies."

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #4 - Bate Bate Chocolate

Mr. Tzonkov, May 24, 2020 -snip- Mr. Tzonkov shares that this song is from Mexico and it is about a delicious Mexican sauce that is made with chocolate, rice, and tomatoes. -snip- Here are the lyrics for this version of that song [with the English translation in brackets] Bate, bate [stir, stir]
chocolate
con arroz [with rice] y con tomate [and with rice] uno, dos, tres cho [one, two, three and then clap while you say the first syllable of the word "chocolate"] uno, dos, tres, co [one, two, three and then clap while you say the second syllable of the word "chocolate"] uno, dos, tres, la [one two three and then clap while you say the third syllable of the word "chocolate"] uno, dos, tres, te [one two three and then clap while you say the fourth syllable of the word "chocolate"]

chocolate, chocolate, chocolate

**** SHOWCASE VIDEO #5 - Bate bate chocolate!

I

talia Curiel, Apr 15, 2011
-snip-
These children are singing Spanish and English translations of the "Bate Bate Chocolate" song .

Here's my transcription (Additions and corrections are welcome)

[This adaptation uses the same tune (but a slower tempo) to Johnny Otis' 1958 R&B song "Willie And The Hand Jive"]

Bate Bate cho coh lah tay.[clap  clap clap clapclap]

Bate Bate cho coh lah tay [clap clap clap clapclap]

Bate Bate cho coh lah tay.[clap  clap clap clapclap]

Bate Bate cho coh lah tay [clap clap clap clapclap]
Bate Bate cho coh lah tay [clap clap clap clapclap]
One, two, three STIR!

four, five, six STIR!
seven and eight STIR!
nine and ten STIR!
Bate Bate, stir the chocolate [clap clap clap clapclap]
Chocolate, chocolate, stir the chocolate [clap clap clap clapclap] 
Chocolate, chocolate, stir the chocolate [clap clap clap clapclap] 
Stir, the chocolate stir! [clap clap clapclap]
Stir the chocolate stir! [clap clap clapclap]
****

Thanks for visiting pancocojams. Visitor comments are welcome.