The Bellringer

La Campanera

A toast for Colombia!¡Un saludo para Colombia!
In honor of Aniceto Molina, from Mexico!¡En honor a Aniceto Molina, desde México!

I am the bellringerYo soy la campanera
I am from Oaxaca's southern coastSoy de la costa sur de Oaxaca
And throughout the whole worldY en todo el mundo entero
I go playing my tasty cumbiaAndo tocando mi cumbia sabrosa

I am the bellringerYo soy la campanera
I am from Oaxaca's southern rangesSoy de la sierra sur de Oaxaca
And throughout the whole worldY en todo el mundo entero
I go playing my tasty cumbiaAndo tocando mi cumbia sabrosa

And the people dance with my careY la gente baila con mi esmero
When they hear the trining of my notesCuando oyen el trinar de mis notas
At the dance, everyone gets rowdyEn el baile todos se alborotan
With my cheerful, cumbia rhythmCon mi ritmo alegre y cumbiambero

If I play them a vallenato danceSi les toco un paseo vallenato
They ask for a Chilean versoMe piden un verso chilenero
I placate them with tenderness and loveCon cariño y amor les complazco
So that they're all contentPa' que queden todos muy contentos

And I go ahead, always, like a missionaryY siempre voy pa'lante, como misionera
Playing cumbiaTocando la cumbia
Playing vallenato and Chilean versoTocando vallenato y verso chilenero
For the whole worldPor el mundo entero

And I go ahead, always, like a missionaryY siempre voy pa'lante, como misionera
Playing cumbiaTocando la cumbia
Playing vallenato and Chilean versoTocando vallenato y verso chilenero
For the whole worldPor el mundo entero

I am the bellringerYo soy la campanera
I am from Oaxaca's southern coastSoy de la costa sur de Oaxaca
And throughout the whole worldY en todo el mundo entero
I go playing my tasty cumbiaAndo tocando mi cumbia sabrosa

I am the bellringerYo soy la campanera
I am from Oaxaca's southern rangesSoy de la sierra sur de Oaxaca
And throughout the whole worldY en todo el mundo entero
I go playing my tasty cumbiaAndo tocando mi cumbia sabrosa

And the people dance with my careY la gente baila con mi esmero
When they hear the trining of my notesCuando oyen el trinar de mis notas
At the dance, everyone gets rowdyEn el baile todos se alborotan
With my cheerful, cumbia rhythmCon mi ritmo alegre y cumbiambero

If I play them a vallenato danceSi les toco un paseo vallenato
They ask for a Chilean versoMe piden un verso chilenero
I placate them with tenderness and loveCon cariño y amor les complazco
So that they're all contentPa' que queden todos muy contentos