Traditional Chant Lyrics/Letra de Canto Tradicional

Question

I once attended a service in Spanish honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, and at the end everyone sang this chant (I'm assuming it's a tradition, because everyone seemed to know it–except me, that is) and I was wondering if anyone might know the words to it. It started with what sounded like "Alabao, alabao, a la something something something..." and ended "Rra rra rra". I'm sorry I'm not being very specific, but I was wondering if it was traditional there might be someone that knows the words.

Una vez asistí a una misa en español honrando a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, y al fin todos cantaron un canto (supongo que es una tradición, porque todos parecían conocerlo, menos yo) y quería saber si alguien sabe la letra de ella. Empezó con "alabao alabao a la blablabla..." y terminó "rrra rra rra". Lo siento que no puedo ser muy específica, pero me preguntaba, si es tradicional debe haber alguien que sepa la letra, ¿verdad?

Answer 1

I think I know that song/chant, it doesn't has any name, you just sing it to cheer up someone, it says "alabío, alabao, a la bim bom bao, (insert the name of anything/anyone you want to cheer up/congrat), ra-ra-ra!"

Thank you very, very much. :) - PumpkinCalabaza, Mar 18, 2013

You're really welcome! =) - murgas, Mar 18, 2013