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The Cart Driver

Buena Vista Social Club

El Carretero

Por el camino del sitio mío
Un carretero alegre pasó
Con sus canciones de muy sentida
Y muy guajira alegre cantó

Me voy al transbordador (bam bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam bam)
Me voy al transbordador (bam bam)
A descargar la carreta (bam bam)
Para cumplir con la meta (bam bam)
De mi pequeña labor

A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte

Yo trabajo sin reposo (bam bam)
Para poderme casar (bam bam)
Yo trabajo sin reposo (bam bam)
Para poderme casar (bam bam)
Y si lo llego a lograr (bam bam)
Seré un guajiro dichoso

A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte

Yo soy guajiro y carretero (bam bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien (bam bam)
Soy guajiro y carretero (bam bam)
Y en el campo vivo bien (bam bam)
Porque el campo es el Edén
Más lindo del mundo entero

A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte
A caballo vamos pa'l monte

Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor
Chapea el monte, cultiva el llano
Recoge el fruto de tu sudor

The Cart Driver

Along the path of my place
A cheerful cart driver passed by
With his heartfelt songs
And very joyful guajira he sang

I'm going to the ferry (bam bam)
To unload the cart (bam bam)
I'm going to the ferry (bam bam)
To unload the cart (bam bam)
To fulfill the goal (bam bam)
Of my little work

On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain

I work tirelessly (bam bam)
To be able to get married (bam bam)
I work tirelessly (bam bam)
To be able to get married (bam bam)
And if I achieve it (bam bam)
I'll be a happy guajiro

On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain

I am a guajiro and cart driver (bam bam)
And I live well in the countryside (bam bam)
I am a guajiro and cart driver (bam bam)
And I live well in the countryside (bam bam)
Because the countryside is the Eden
Most beautiful in the whole world

On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain
On horseback we go to the mountain

Clear the mountain, cultivate the plain
Harvest the fruit of your sweat
Clear the mountain, cultivate the plain
Harvest the fruit of your sweat

Escrita por: Guillermo Portabales / Guillermo Portables