Papa Alfredo_

Song: Mi Pueblo de Canasí

Music and Lyrics: Papa Alfredo

S=Spanish

E=English

Choir Intro 1

S - Canasí, mi pueblo Canasí

E - Canasí, my town Canasí

Main Voice:

S - ese pueblo tan querido, que recuerdo con amor

E - that town so beloved, I remember you with love

S - y aunque pienses que te olvido, te sigo recordando.

E - even if you think that I forget you, I keep remembering you.

S - ese pueblo tan cubano, tan unido en su raíz

E - that town so cuban, so united in its root

S - con sus calles pintorescas, las sigo anorando.

E - with its colored streets, I keep missing them and you all.

Back to Choir intro 1

S - mi querido Canasí, no te pienses nada malo,

E - my dear Canasí, think nothing wrong about me

S - aunque no te he vuelto a ver, yo te sigo llorando.

E - even if I haven’t seen you gain, I keep myself crying about you.

S - me ensenastes a vivir, a sentirte un hermano,

E - you have tought me to live

S - de tu gente y tu color, te tu pasado esclavo

E - from your people and your color, from your slaved past

S - me escuchas Canasí?, yo te llamo, yo te canto!

E - do you listen to me Canasí? I am calling you, I am singing to you.

S - canasí, que yo te llevo, yo te quiero, yo te recuerdo

E - canasí, I bring you with me, I love you, and I remember you.

S - y unas mulatas preciosas, allí en Canasí.

E - and those beautiful Mulatas there are in Canasí

S - mi pueblito de Batey, de palmeras caprichosas

E - my little town of Canasí, with those green Palm trees

S - me recuerda a Siboney, por su linda larga historia

E - it reminds me Siboney (Cuban Indian), for its pretty long history

S - tiene una cuatro esquinas, como si fuera el malecón

E - it has a 4 corner street center, just like if it were the Havana coast

S - allí su gente va y se sienta, empiezan a tomar el ron, cubano

E - there (in the center of the town), its people go and sit, they start drinking cuban rum.

S - Talk: Oye Canasiense, párate, yo te llamo, yo te canto.

E - Talk: Hey canasiense (people who live in Canasí) stand up, I am calling you…I sing for you.

Choir 2:

S - Mulatas de Canasí

E - Mulatas from Canasí

Improvisation:

S - las mulatas más preciosas, están allí en Canasí

E - the most beautiful Mulatas, are there in Canasí

S - y eso no lo digo yo, lo dice el mundo entero.

E - and this is not only said by me, everybody says it

S - como menean su cintura, como bailan nuestro Son.

E - how they move their heaps! (The Mulatas), how they dance our Cuban rhythm!

S - nuestro rico son cubano

E - our great and tasty Cuban rhythm.

Last part:

S - ese pueblito muy lindo, cerca del Valle Yumurí

E - that little pretty town, near Yumurí Valley

S - Canasí Canasí, mi pueblo.

E - Canasí, Canasí, my Town.