Los Lobos Album

[Original Version:]

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Y arriba y arriba
Ay arriba y arriba
Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere

Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan
Soy capitan, soy capitan

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Ay y arriba y arriba

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Y arriba y arriba
Ay arriba y arriba
Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba


[Album Version:]

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita
Una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia
Y otra cosita
Arriba y arriba
Ay arriba y arriba ire
Asi se canta La Bamba
Asi se canta La Bamba
En East L.A.
En East L.A.
En East L.A.

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba

Que La Bamba es el himno

Que La Bamba es el himno
Veracruzano
Como hermano la canto
Como hermano la canto
A lo Chicano
Arriba, arriba
Ay arriba, arriba
Arriba andando
Esta Bamba Los Lobos
Esta Bamba Los Lobos
Estan tocando
Estan tocando
Estan tocando

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba

Uno, dos, one, two, tres, cuatro

Mattie told Hattie
About a thing she saw
Had two big horns
And a wooly jaw

[Chorus:]
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully
Wooly Bully

Hattie told Mattie
Let's don't take no chance
Let's not be L sevens
Come and learn to dance

[Chorus]

Mattie told Hattie
It's the thing to do
Get you someone really
Wooly wool with you

[Chorus]

Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedle ee deedle ee dee goes the bird
But the sound of your little voice darling
Is the sweetest sound I ever heard

I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty of the sky so blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
But the beauty of you

Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb
Sweet are the grapes from the vine
There's nothing as sweet as you darling
And I hope some day you'll be mine

Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedle ee deedle ee dee goes the bird
But the sound of your little voice darling
Is the sweetest sound I ever heard

I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty of the sky so blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
But the beauty of you

Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb
Sweet are the grapes from the vine
There's nothing as sweet as you darling
And I hope some day you'll be mine
I hope some day you'll be mine
I hope some day you'll be mine
I hope some day you'll be mine


[Album Version:]

Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedle ee deedle ee dee goes the bird
But the sound of that little bird callin'
Is the sweetest sound I ever heard

I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty of the sky so blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
And the morning dew

Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb
Sweet is the song of the bird
There's nothing as sweet as that bird callin'
It's the sweetest sound I ever heard

Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedle ee deedle ee dee goes the bird
But the sound of that little bird callin'
Is the sweetest sound I ever heard

I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty of the sky so blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
And the morning dew

Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb
Sweet is the song of the bird
There's nothing as sweet as that bird callin'
It's the sweetest sound I ever heard

Well buzz, buzz, buzz goes the bumble bee
Tweedle ee deedle ee dee goes the bird
But the sound of that little bird callin'
Is the sweetest sound I ever heard

I've seen the beauty of the red, red rose
Seen the beauty of the sky so blue
Seen the beauty of the evening sunset
And the morning dew

Sweet is the honey from the honeycomb
Sweet is the song of the bird
There's nothing as sweet as that bird callin'
It's the sweetest sound I ever heard
It's the sweetest sound I ever heard

Won't you come along with me
To a land I know
Just take Route 90
Down to Mexico

Fly over California
This land we love
Everything looks tiny
From so high above

Into Arizona
We'll float along
We'll cross the desert
To old Tucson

Then over the state line
To New Mexico
On our wooly bully
Yippee ay ay yo

We'll ride into Texas
The biggest state I know
See the cattle lolling
On the range below

To the gulf of Mexico
We're gonna go
Where the little shrimp boats
Look like toys below

Where the Rio Grande flows
To where I was born
Down below the border
One Christmas morn

Aren't you glad you came with me
So here we go
Flying over the border
To old Mexico

Long ago before the TV was invented
When Papa Lalo and his friends were still young people
They had a guitar that was old and kind of dented
And they learned to sing these songs we call corrido

The corrido is a way of telling stories
Of what we do and how we dream and who we see
Of famous people, crazy times and even worries
And sometimes special folks like you and me

[Chorus:]
Now it's our turn to make a rhyme for Papa Lalo
And as we sing I'll play the song on my guitar
It doesn't matter if the song is good or malo
'Cause just to sing it makes you feel just like a star

Our Papa Lalo made a blimp from wool and tires
It's so big it almost covers the whole sky
And then he filled it full of air with mom's hair dryer
We were amazed when Papa showed us it could fly

[Chorus]

Up in the air we could touch the clouds and feel the breeze
We see the grass and hils and people down below
We're flying south so we can meet our Papa's family
It's Lalo's birthday and we're going to Mexico

[Chorus]

[No lyrics]

Ay, ay, ay, ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

De la Sierra Morena
Cielito lindo, vienen bajando
Un par de ojitos negros
Cielito lindo, de contrabando

Ese lunar que tienes
Cielito lindo, junto a la boca
No se lo des a nadie
Cielito lindo que a mi me toca

Ay, ay, ay, ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Una mananita alegre
Parece que va a llover
Las aves y mariposas
Se empresaron a esconder

What a happy, happy morning
It looks like it may rain
The birds and the butterflies
Have begun to hide again

Tiranananananay
Tiranananananay
Una mananita alegre
Parece que va a llover

Tiranananananay
Tiranananananay
Las aves y mariposas
Se empresaron a esconder

What a happy, happy morning
The rain's begun to fall
The colors of the rainbow
Are the most beautiful of all

Una mananita alegre
Parece que este lloviendo
Bonito es el arco iris
Que en el cielo esta saliendo

Tirananananay
Tirananananay
What a happy, happy morning
The rain's begun to fall

Tirananananay
Tirananananay
The colors of the rainbow
Are the most beautiful of all

Una mananita alegre
Despues de que ya llovio
Las calandrias y cenzontles
Se alegran igual que yo

What a happy, happy morning
The sky has cleared above
The larks and mockingbirds
Are singing songs of love

Tirananananay
Tirananananay
Una mananita alegre
Despues de que ya llovio

Tirananananay
Tirananananay
Las calandrias y cenzontles
Se alegran igual que yo

Everybody calls me ducky, patito
Beacuse I live in the laguna, patito
Everybody calls me ducky, patito
Beacuse I live in the laguna, patito

Later when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes the duck sin pluma, patito
Later when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes the duck sin pluma, patito

[Chorus:]
Uy uy, uy uy uy, patitio
Uy uy, uy uy uy, patitio
Uy uy, uy uy uy, patitio
Uy uy, uy uy uy, patitio

Later when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes the duck sin pluma, patito
Later when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes the duck sin pluma, patito

A mi me llaman el pato, patito
Porque vivo entre el cenizo, patito
A mi me llaman el pato, patito
Porque vivo entre el cenizo, patito

Luego que me ven venir, patito
Ahi viene pato cenizo, patito
Luego que me ven venir, patito
Ahi viene pato cenizo, patito

[Chorus]

Luego que me ven venir, patito
Ahi viene pato cenizo, patito
Luego que me ven venir, patito
Ahi viene pato cenizo, patito

Everybody calls me ducky, patito
Because I live among the flowers, patito
Everybody calls me ducky, patito
Because I live among the flowers, patito

Later, when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes that duck of ours patito
Later, when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes that duck of ours patito

[Chorus]

And later, when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes that duck of ours patito
And later, when they see me coming, patito
They say here comes that duck of ours patito

De colores
De colores se visten los campos en la primavera
De colores
De colores son los pajarillos que vienen de afuera
De colores
De colores es el arco iris que vemos lucir

Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mi
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mi

Canta el gallo
Canta el gallo con el quiri quiri quiri quiri quiri
La gallina
La gallina con el cara cara cara cara cara
Los polluelos
Los polluelos con el pio pio pio pio pi

Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mi
Y por eso los grandes amores
De muchos colores me gustan a mi

[Se repite el primero verso y coro]
[Repeat the first verse and chorus]

Estas son Las Mananitas
Que cantaba el Rey David
Hoy por ser dia de tu santo
Te las cantamos a ti

Despierta mi bien, despierta
Mira que ya amanecio
Y los pajarillos cantan
La luna ya se metio

Que linda esta la manana
En que vengo a saludarte
Venimos todos con gusto
Y placer a felicitarte

El dia en que tu naciste
Nacieron todas las flores
Y en la plia del bautismo
Cantaron los ruisenoreas

Ya viene amaneciendo
Ya la luz del dia nos vio
Levantate de manana
Mira que ya amanecio


[English Translation:]

Of all the stars in the heavens
We would like to give you two
To tell you, Dear Abuelito
Happy birthday, we love you

If I were a ray of sunshine
Through your window I would peek
And give you a besito
On your pudgy little cheek

Ya viene amaneciendo
Ya la luz del dia vos vio
Lavantate de manana
Mira que ya amanecio

[Chorus:]
Dale dale dale
Abuelito Lalo
Open the pinata
Hit it with the palo
Dale dale dale
Abuelito Lalo
Open the pinata
Hit it with the palo

La pinata tiene caca
Tiene caca
Cacahuates de a monton
La pinata tiene caca
Tiene caca
Cacahuates de a monton

[Chorus]

A little to the left
A little to the right
Dale a la pinata
Swing with all your might
A little to the left
A little to the right
Dale a la pinata
Swing with all your might

[Chorus:]
La, la ,la, la, la
La, la ,la, la, la
La, la ,la, la, la, la
La, la ,la, la, la
I said a la, la, la
Just a one more time

Come and get your soul
Get it ready to go
I said a get your girl now
Get her ready to go

I said a la, la, la
Just a one more time

Come and clap your hands
I said a clap your hands
Oh Yeah!
I said a clap your hands
I said a la, la, la
Just a one more time

[Chorus 3x]

Para bailar La Bamba
Para bailar La Bamba
Se necesita
Unos pies ligeritos
Unos pies ligeritos
Y otra cosita
Ariba, ariba
Ay ariba, ariba
Venga la luz
Asi cantan La Bamba
Asi cantan La Bamba
En veracruz
En veracruz
En veracruz

Para subir al cielo
Para subir al cielo
Se necesita
Un dirigible grande
Un dirigible grande
Y otra cosita
Ariba, ariba
Ariba, ariba
Arriba ire
Con amor de los ninos
Con amor de los ninos
Yo llegare
Yo llegare
Yo llegare

Cuando canto La Bamba
Cuando canto La Bamba
Estoy contento
Porque yo me acompano
Porque yo me acompano
Con mi instrumento
Ay arriba, arriba
Ay arriba, arriba
Arriba ire
Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero
Por ti sere
Por ti sere
Por ti sere

Cuando canto La Bamba
Cuando canto La Bamba
Yo pego un grito
Porque asi la canta
Porque asi la canta
Mi abuelito
Ay arriba, arriba
Ay arriba, arriba
Arriba van
Como las palomitas
Como las palomitas
Volando van
Volando van
Volando van

Ay, les digo, les digo
Ay, les digo, les digo
Con sentimiento
Que se acabe La Bamba
Que se acabe La Bamba
Tambien el cuento
Ay arriba, y arriba
Ay arriba, y arriba
Arriba voy
Pase Usted buenas noches
Pase Usted buenas noches
Manana y hoy
Manana y hoy
Manana y hoy

[No lyrics]