The Mario Drawing Song

"The Mario Drawing Song"
Logo of The Mario Drawing Song made in Flipnote Studio
Composed by: Unknown
Key	F major
First appearance	Flipnote Studio (2009)
Latest appearance	Mario Kart World (2025)

The Mario Drawing Song is a composition made using Flipnote Studio. It was created and released by Nintendo to promote the Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary-themed competition "Make Your Own Mario Flipnote" on the application. The song has gone on to appear in later Super Mario games and media in some form, including part of it being arranged as the map theme of Special 8 in Super Mario 3D Land.

The original song, sung by a chorus, is available in seven languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Nintendo of Europe produced six of these based on the original Japanese version. Nintendo of America adopted the English, French, and Spanish versions without alterations.

Lyrics

English

Take a page and a pen,
Draw a big mushroom
Add an egg then two more
Draw a cloud under here,
Now we'll add some coins
One, two, three
One, two, three
Draw a hill at the back
With a rising sun
Add a little bird and then
It's me, Mario!

Japanese

Japanese lyrics	Romanization	Translation
ひとつキノコがありました たまご３つ もくもく雲くもがやってきて コイン コイン コイン コイン コイン コイン お山やまに朝日あさひがのぼってる カモメを描いたら・・・ It'sイッツ meミー, MARIOマリオ!	Hitotsu kinoko ga arimashita Tamago mittsu Mokumoku kumo ga yattekite Koin koin koin Koin koin koin Oyama ni asahi ga nobotteru Kamome o kaitara... Ittsu mī, Mario!	There was one mushroom Three eggs A rising cloud comes along Coin, coin, coin Coin, coin, coin The morning sun rises on the mountain When you draw a gull... It's me, Mario!

Dutch

Dutch lyrics	Translation
Neem papier en een pen, schets een paddenstoel En een ei, twee opzij Teken hier nog een wolk en wat muntjes daar Een, twee, drie Een, twee, drie Maak een omgevallen maan met een zon ertegenaan En een vogeltje. Wie is daar? It's me, Mario!	Take paper and a pen, sketch a mushroom And an egg, two to the side Draw another cloud here and some coins there One, two, three One, two, three Create a fallen moon with a sun against it And a bird. Who is there? It's me, Mario!

French

French lyrics	Translation
Sur une feuille de papier, trace un gros champi. Et des œufs, trois en tout ! Trace ensuite un nuage, et ajoute des pièces. Trois ici, et trois là. Par-dessus dessine une colline et la lune. Pour finir, fais un petit oiseau. It's me, Mario !	On a piece of paper, draw a big 'shroom. And eggs, three in all! Then trace a cloud, and add coins. Three over here, and three over there. There above draw a hill and the moon. To finish, make a little bird. It's me, Mario!

German

German lyrics	Translation
Mal 'nen Pilz auf das Blatt, das du vor dir hast. Dann ein Ei - dann noch zwei. Jetzt erscheint eine Wolke und Münzen drauf. Eins, zwei, drei! Eins, zwei, drei! Da erhebt sich ein Berg und die Sonne geht auf. Mal 'nen Vogel davor und dann: It's me, Mario!	Paint a mushroom on the paper that you have in front of you. Then an egg - then two more. Now a cloud appears and coins on it. One, two, three! One, two, three! There rises a mountain and the sun comes up. Paint a bird in front of it and then: It's me, Mario!

Italian

Italian lyrics	Translation
Con un fungo comincia, Poi metterai Un uovo qua, due là Una soffice nube, Monete a volontà Un due tre Un due tre Dietro il monte al mattino Fa capolino il sol E un gabbiano che vola via. It's me, Mario!	Begin with a mushroom, Then you'll place An egg here, two there A fluffy cloud, Coins galore One two three One two three From behind the mountain at morning The sun peeks out And a seagull that flies away. It's me, Mario!

Spanish

Spanish lyrics	Translation
Vamos a dibujar un gran champiñón, un huevo aquí... y dos ahí... una nube y monedas en cantidad: ¡Clin, clin, clin! ¡Clin, clin, clin! Ahora va la colina, el sol que ya salió y ese pájaro que se va... It's me, Mario!	We're going to draw a big mushroom, one egg here... and two over there... a cloud and coins galore: Clink, clink, clink! Clink, clink, clink! Now goes the hill, the sun that already rose and that bird that is flying away... It's me, Mario!

Reuses

Work	Year	Description
The Cat Mario Show	2014	Exclusive to the Japanese version of the show, the song is used in segments displaying art contest winners.
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.	2020	This song appears as an Easter egg if the player presses and holds while the digital clock is active.

Arrangements

Super Mario 3D Land

This song is arranged as the map theme for Special 8 in Super Mario 3D Land. Once the player unlocks Special 8-Crown, the song gains a drum layer and a more prominent bassline.

Super Nintendo World

An arrangement of the song based on the Super Mario 3D Land version is featured as background music at Super Nintendo World, where it plays in Yoshi's Snack Island.

Mario Kart World

In Mario Kart World, a funk arrangement of the song can play in Free Roam. The arrangement takes inspiration from both the Flipnote Studio and Super Mario 3D Land versions of the song.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	マリオ絵描き歌 Mario Ekaki Uta	Mario Drawing Song
Dutch	Mario's Tekenlied	Mario's Drawing Song
French	Dessiner Mario en chanson	Draw Mario with song
German	Wir zeichnen Mario	We draw Mario
Italian	Disegna Mario cantando	Draw Mario singing
Portuguese	Mario Drawing Song	-
Spanish	Canción para dibujar a Mario	Mario drawing song

See also

• Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary
• Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.
• Special 8
• How to Draw Captain Toad

External links

• Japanese version. nintendo.co.jp (Japanese). Retrieved January 3, 2018. (Archived April 8, 2011, 15:56:12 UTC via Wayback Machine.)
  • Also includes other language versions, plus a score sheet PDF file.
• English version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
• Dutch version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
• French version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
• German version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
• Italian version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
• Spanish version. nintendo.com. Retrieved June 8, 2025.