La Banda
Cuenta Cecilia machado
Que por allá en los años 30
Un día 20 de julio
Fiesta de la independencia
En casa de concha Pino
Organizaron la fiesta
De amarillo, azul o rojo
Se vestían las doncellas
Los hombres de blanco entero y
En un fajón la bandera
Y tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Los bailes de gala de entonces
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Con los mejores músicos del pueblo
Tocaba la banda
Con lámparas y linternas
Iluminaban la casa
La gente desde la calle
A los danzantes miraba
Las damas cual mariposa amarillas
Azules o coloradas
Un poco en punta de pie
Calle y caderas meneaba
Me decía al amanecer
Que ya licor no tomaba
El baile de la bandera
Así era como se llamaba
Y tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Los aires de moda de entonces
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Danzones, pasillos, polkas y abosaos
Tocaba la banda
La gente salía de noche
Y con la luna paseaba
Reinaban buenas costumbres
No atracaban, no mataban
Respeto hacia los mayores
Y a la palabra enpeñada
Y honores para los héroes
Y la bandera y la patria
Con cartas serenatas y poemas
Los hombres enamoraban
Sus ojos se humedecieron
Cuando en llanto me contaba
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Abrahán Rentería Key
Inicio la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Abel y Marquitos Blandon
También tocaban en la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Carlos Borromeo y Juan Bautista Cuesta
Tocaban en la banda (ay)
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Y don Pedro Serna también
Tocaba en la banda
(Tocaba la banda) tocaba, tocaba, tocaba
(Tocaba la banda) tocaba la banda, ay
Tocaba, tocaba, tocaba
Tocaba la banda
En los desfiles, procesiones, retretas
Tocaba la banda
(Tocaba la banda) tocaba tocaba tocaba
(Tocaba la banda) tocaba la banda
Y los niños felices corrían
Detrás de la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
Tocaba la banda
The Band
Cecilia Machado tells
That back in the 30s
On July 20th
Independence celebration
At Concha Pino's house
They organized the party
In yellow, blue, or red
The maidens dressed
The men in all white and
With a sash the flag
And the band played
The band played
The gala dances of that time
The band played
The band played
The band played
With the best musicians in town
The band played
With lamps and lanterns
They lit up the house
People from the street
Watched the dancers
The ladies like yellow butterflies
Blue or red
Slightly on tiptoe
They moved their hips and feet
She told me at dawn
That she no longer drank liquor
The flag dance
That's what it was called
And the band played
The band played
The fashionable tunes of that time
The band played
The band played
The band played
Danzons, corridors, polkas, and abosaos
The band played
People went out at night
And strolled under the moon
Good customs prevailed
No robberies, no killings
Respect for elders
And keeping one's word
Honors for heroes
And the flag and the homeland
With letters, serenades, and poems
Men courted women
Her eyes welled up
When she tearfully told me
The band played
The band played
Abrahán Rentería Key
Started the band
The band played
The band played
Abel and Marquitos Blandon
Also played in the band
The band played
The band played
Carlos Borromeo and Juan Bautista Cuesta
Played in the band (oh)
The band played
The band played
And Don Pedro Serna as well
Played in the band
(The band played) played, played, played
(The band played) the band played, oh
Played, played, played
The band played
In parades, processions, concerts
The band played
(The band played) played, played, played
(The band played) the band played
And the happy children ran
Behind the band
The band played
The band played
The band played
The band played
The band played
The band played