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Lyrics for Mayumbe

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:22 Jon Griffin

Note - This song is about Cuban Santeria, specifically Palo Mayombe and invoking Chango (the singers are speaking as Chango).

Mayumbe

Tell the magnates
That Mosqueda says
If you practice Mayombe
I am a Mayombero

Chorus

Knock me over now

Inspiration

I eat fire (Chango is the god of fire, lightning and thunder)

Knock me over now

I am lucumí (refers to Santa Barbara or Chango the patron saint of the Lucumí)

Knock me over now

my bongó is calling

Knock me over now

I don’t believe in anybody

Knock me over now

I am Siete Rayos (this refers to the seven rays of sun and lightning, but also an anti-spanish conspiracy from 1823)

Lyrics for Guanaja

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:17 Jon Griffin

Guanaja

From - Con Sabor al Guaso - Ban Rarra

Espanol

Chorus
Guanaja (female turkey) forward, guanaja back
This is the dance of the guanaja

Look for a couple so you can dance
Or stay behind if you don't dance

Chorus

Dance, dance, dance it little guanaja
Look at the guanajo (turkey) who's coming from behind

Chorus

Dance, dance, dance it , how pretty
That's the dance of the guanaja

Music stops

Excuse me, gentlemen! Don't want to dance?

Look for a couple so you can dance
Or stay behind if you don't dance

Chorus

Letras por Guanaja

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:16 Jon Griffin

Guanaja

De - Con Sabor al Guaso - Ban Rarra

English Lyrics

Coro
Guanaja alante (adelante) y guanajo atrás
Que este es el baile de la guanaja

Busca tu pareja para que bailes
Que si no bailas te quedas atrás

Coro
Baila, baila, bailalo guanajita
Mira el guanajo que viene atrás

Coro
Baila, baila, bailalo que bonita
Así es el baile de la guanaja

Coro

¡Oye caballero! ¿Pero ustedes no quieren bailar la guanaja?
Busca tu pareja para que bailes,
Así es el baile de la guanaja

Coro

Baila, baila, bailalo con salticos
Así es el baile de la guanaja

¡Oye caballero! ¿Pero ustedes no quieren bailar la guanaja?
Busca tu pareja para que bailes
Que si no bailas te quedas atrás

Coro

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:20 )

Lyrics for Kiriba

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:05 Jon Griffin

From - Con Sabor al Guaso - Ban Rarra

Letras en Espanol

Chorus
Kiribá, kiribá

Goodbye, Baracoa the beautiful
I give you my heart (each x2)

And to my beautiful guajirita (country girl)
I give my heart (each x2)

Guantánamo, almost 6
I'm going to La Esperanza (x2)

I washed and washed a black man
To see what color he would turn (each x2)

And the more I washed him
The blacker he turned (each x2)

I have a bad habit
That embarrasses me (each x2)

I go to sleep in my bed
And wake up in a stranger's bed (each x2)

My mother was a dancer
And my father a changüicerro (man who plays changüi) (each x2)

I was born singing
And that is what I love the most (each x2)

Letras por Kiriba

Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:01 Jon Griffin

De - Con Sabor al Guaso - Ban Rarra

English Lyrics

Coro
Kiribá, kiribá

Adios Baracoa la bella
Yo te doy mi corazón (x2)
Y a mi linda guajirita
Le entrego mi corazón (x2)

Guantánamo casi 6
Voy rumbo pa´ La Esperanza (x2)
O revienta como un buey
Que el que me sigue se (see original) (x2)

Me puse a lavar un negro
A ver qué color cogía (x2)
Y entre más jabón le daba
Más negro se me ponía (x2)

Yo tengo una mala maña
Que a mí misma me da pena (x2)
Que yo me acuesto en mi cama
Y amanezco en cama ajena (x2)

Adiós Baracoa la bella
Yo te doy mi corazón (x2)
Y ami linda guajirita
Le entrego mi corazón (x2)

Mi mamá era bailadora
Y mi padre changüicero (x2)
Y yo que nací cantando
Eso es lo mas que yo quiero (x2)

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 10 June 2008 15:08 )

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