The Mario Drawing Song

The Mario Drawing Song (Japanese マリオ絵描き歌, Mario Ekaki Uta) is a composition made using . It was created and released by Nintendo to promote a Mario-themed competition on the application. Part of it was arranged as the map theme of Special 8 in Super Mario 3D Land. The song also appeared at the end of The Cat Mario Show. The player can also listen to the original version of the song by pressing and holding the A button while the digital clock is active in Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros.

The song 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.

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!

Romaji (Romanization)
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!

Kana
ひとつキノコがありました たまごみっつ もくもく雲がやってきて コイン コイン コイン コイン コイン コイン お山に朝日がのぼってる カモメを描いたら・・・ イッツ ミー、マリオ！

Translation
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!

French
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 !

Translation from French
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!

Spanish
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!

Translation from Spanish
We're going to draw One huge mushroom, One egg here and two over there, One cloud, And plentiful coins: Clink, clink, clink Clink, clink, clink Now he's going to the hill, The sun rise that appeared And that bird is flying away It's me, Mario!

Italian
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!

Translation from Italian
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!

German
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!

Translation from German
Paint a mushroom on the leaf

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!

Dutch
Neem papier en een pen,

schets een paddenstoel

En een ei, twee opzij

Teken heir 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!

Translation from Dutch
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!