Babalu
Babaluuuuuu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babaluaaaaye
Ta empezando lo velorio
Que le hacemo a Babalu
Dame diez y siete velas
Ay Pa ponerla en cruz.
Y Dame un cabo de tabaco mayenye
Y un jarrito de aguardiente,
Dame un poco de dinero mayenye
Pa' que me de la suerte.
CORO
Yo Quiere pedi
Que mi negro me quiera
Que tenga dinero
Y que no se muera
Ay! Yo le quiere pedi a Babalu
Ay! un negrito muy santo como tu
Que no tenga otro negro
Y que a mi me quiera.
Ay Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Chango-abalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Ay dame diecisiete velas pa aguachar un pie
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Ay babababa que baba que baba Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu
Babaluuuuuu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babaluaaaaye
The wake is starting
What do we do for Babalu
Give me seventeen candles
Oh, to put it in a cross.
And give me a piece of Mayenye tobacco
And a little jug of aguardiente,
Give me a little money Mayenye
So that I have luck.
CHORUS
I want to ask
That my black man loves me
That he has money
And that he doesn't die
Oh! I want to ask Babalu
Oh! a very holy black man like you
That he doesn't have another black man
And that he loves me.
Oh Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Chango-abalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Oh give me seventeen candles to soak a foot
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Oh babababa that drool that drool Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye