Réquiem Sobre El Jaragua

Requiem Over The Jaragua

Réquiem Sobre El Jaragua

They gave them dynamiteLe die(ro)n dinamita
On a Tuesday afternoonUn martes en la tarde
They spent the daySe pasa(ro)n el día
Attaching the cablesPegando los cables

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
With a street pickaxeCon pico de calle
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
The whole town knows itTo(do) el pueblo lo sabe
The moon was laughingLa luna reía
The good ones don't fallLos buenos no caen

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
I said it, buddyLo dije, compadre
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

(All that's missing is for them to knock down the moon, old man...!)(¡nada más falta que nos tumben la luna, viejo...!)

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They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
The whole town knows itTó el pueblo lo sabe
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
With a street pickaxeCon pico de calle
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
The town knows itEl pueblo lo sabe
They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
Gustavo knows itGustavo lo sabe
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

They gave them dynamiteLe dién dinamita
With a street pickaxeCon pico de calle
No matter how much they gavePor más que le dieron
Jaragua doesn't fallJaragua no cae

[rafael colón:] moon over the jaragua...[rafael colón:] luna sobre el jaragua...