Four Afro Cuban Poems

Song Cycle by Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949)

Publisher: Composers Edition (external link)

1. Búcate plata  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Búcate plata
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2. Tú No Sabe Inglé  [sung text not yet checked]

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Con tanto inglé que tu sabía
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Note: Many Spanish words have been deliberately misspelled in this text, and the English words have been spelled phonetically. In another version of the original text, Bito is Vito throughout. In addition, in stanza 1, line 4 is "decir ye"; in stanza 2, line 2, "huí" is "huir"; in stanza 2, line 4 and 5, "de etrái" is "detrái"; and in stanza 4, line 1, "ma" is "más".

1 García Caturla: "Bito Manué tu no sab' inglé/ Con"
2 García Caturla: "sab' "
3 García Caturla: "con tanto inglé que tu sabía Bito Manué/ No sabe ahora desí yé, yea, yea/ Bito Manué ea ea Bito Manué"

3. Sigue  [sung text not yet checked]

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Camina, caminante
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4. Mi Chiquita  [sung text not yet checked]

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La chiquita que yo tengo
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