Epona's Song is the short melody Malon teaches in the corral. It is the playable ocarina phrase associated with the ranch’s longer background arrangement. Learn it as a child, show it to the foal, and the adult mare will answer it after you win her from Ingo.
Buttons, by version
Play the three-note cell twice. Do not copy the N64 row onto a Switch 2 controller.
| Version | Sequence | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | C-Up, C-Left, C-Right, then the same three again | 1 source (Zelda Wiki) |
| Nintendo 3DS | A, X, Y, twice | 1 source (Zelda Wiki) |
| Switch 2 (2026) | X, Y, A, twice | 2 sources (Zelda Wiki and Eurogamer) |
How the lesson starts
Talk to Malon in the corral during the day and show her the ocarina. She calls the tune her mother’s. If Talon is still asleep outside the castle, she is not there yet. Eurogamer adds a late window: after the Forest Temple, return to childhood through the Temple of Time and learn it then. KeenGamer independently describes that same late return.
What the song does
- In the child corral, Epona comes closer when she hears it.
- As an adult, play it to call her on Hyrule Field, at Lake Hylia, in Gerudo Valley, and at Gerudo Fortress.
- Face a cow with an empty bottle and she fills it with Lon Lon Milk.
- In Majora’s Mask, Romani teaches Epona’s Song at Romani Ranch after her target practice. That ranch is not Lon Lon Ranch.
- Twilight Princess uses the melody with Horseshoe Grass and the Horse Call. Wolf Link can howl it. Zelda Wiki is the source for that line.
- Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom quote it in stable music, including Malanya Spring. Malon herself is not in those games.
- The Minish Cap plays a short phrase when you speak to Malon.
One analysis, labeled as one analysis
Zelda Wiki cites a Cruise Elroy breakdown, and I am not promoting it to “official music theory.” In that write-up the full piece is 32 bars in 3/4 plus a 4-bar intro: an A section in D major and a B section in F major, with swung eighths. The vocal does not swing. It is also described as the only swung piece in the game. That is one analyst. I have no second analysis, and I have no reliable absolute pitches, so the button table above is the part you can play tonight.
Official lyrics exist on the 1999 Ocarina of Time Re-Arranged Album, with words credited to Shigeru Miyamoto and Aogi Toda and a vocal by Emiko Shiratori. The 2003 Mario & Zelda Big Band Live set reused them. I am not reprinting the lyric. The album credits are the part that belongs here.
Tutorial video
A tutorial titled Epona’s Song - Ocarina Tutorial was uploaded on 22 Sep 2017. It predates the Switch 2 chart. Use the table, not the video, if you are on the remake.
Questions
What are the notes?
Switch 2: X, Y, A, twice. 3DS: A, X, Y, twice. N64: C-Up, C-Left, C-Right, twice. The table uses console buttons rather than absolute musical pitches.
Where do you learn it?
As a child, from Malon in the Lon Lon corral, in daylight, after Talon has gone home and you can show an ocarina.
What does it do?
Epona comes closer, and later you call her in a few outdoor areas. Play it at a cow with an empty bottle and she gives Lon Lon Milk.
Sources
- KeenGamer: How to get Epona (remake) — checked 2026-11-13
- Zelda Wiki: Epona's Song — checked 2026-11-13
- Eurogamer: Where to get Epona — checked 2026-11-13
- Zelda Wiki: Epona — checked 2026-11-13
- Zelda Dungeon: Lon Lon Ranch (Theme) — checked 2026-11-13