Drume Negrita
Mamá, la negrita,
se les salen los pies la cunita
y la negra Mercé
ya no sabe que hace'.
Tú drume negrita
si te duerme voy a hace'
una cunita
que a a tene' capitel
que va a tene' cascabel.
Si tú drumes
yo te traigo un mamey
bien colorao.
Y si no drume
yo te traigo un babalao
que da pao, pao.
Sleep, Little Black Girl
Mama, the little black girl,
her feet stick out of the cradle
and black Merce
doesn't know what to do.
You sleep, little black girl
if you fall asleep I'll make
a cradle
that will have a canopy
that will have a bell.
If you sleep
I'll bring you a ripe mamey
very colorful.
And if you don't sleep
I'll bring you a babalao
that gives pao, pao.