The song is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization. It describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit. The woman is singing about her beloved Leron who climbed up a papaya tree with a basket in which he expected to put the papaya fruit he was going to pick.
The song is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization. It describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit. The woman is singing about her beloved Leron who climbed up a papaya tree with a basket in which he expected to put the papaya fruit he was going to pick.
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The song is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization. It describes a flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit. The woman is singing about her beloved Leron who climbed up a papaya tree with a basket in which he expected to put the papaya fruit he was going to pick.
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Is a Filipino folk song. This humorous song describe a
flirtatious woman threatening a storeowner that the ants are going to get him if he is not going to extend credit, as well as unusual situations of exchanging a child for a doll or bagoong. It is said to have originated during the country's Spanish colonization, as its lyrics suggest the ordinary life during that time
Leron, leron sinta
The woman is singing about her beloved Leron who climbed
up a papaya tree with a basket in which he expected to put the papaya fruit he was going to pick. But when he reached the top of the tree, the branch broke. The woman says what bad luck that was. "I'll find someone (?) Else!"