Tamarindo Seco [Mosaico Lo De La Chula] [English translation]

Just as the watermelon's flower sways

That's how the woman of Barranquilla sways

Dried tamarind leaves fall off

There's no way to pick up spilled water

Dried tamarind leaves fall off

There's no way to pick up spilled water

Window over window, over window a flower

Over the flower, Nicolasa, over Nicolasa, the Sun

Dried tamarind leaves fall off

There's no way to pick up spilled water

I'm not from around here I'm from the black land

Where the northern screamer sings and the mermaids answer to it

Dried tamarind leaves fall off

There's no way to pick up spilled water

In the valuables chest of your house they want to ask me for a veil

Where they say I'm going and if they don't say I can't go

Dried tamarind leaves fall off

There's no way to pick up spilled water

Ay ehhh, scratchy scratch (with the tick)

That's a scratchy scratch (with the tick)

And how do I make it up (with the tick)

That's the tick that bit Felipe

And it left him a wheal, and that's his scratchy scratch

And that was the tick that bit Felipe

And it left him a wheal, how do I make it up, ay-ehh

Scratchy scratchy (with the tick)

That's a scratchy scratch (with the tick)

And how do I make myself up (with the tick)

Oh but look there on the ground

So that you see that we'll find it

And he was left with a wheal, ay-ay-ay and ay-ay-ay, ehh

Scratchy scratch (with the tick)

And that's a Scratchy scratchy (with the tick)

And how do I make myself up (with the tick)

That's a scratchy scratch (with the tick)

Just as the watermelon's flower sways

That's how the woman of Barranquilla sways

Ce, ce, ce

Is that I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I play it with my feet (ce, ce, ce, ce)

I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Oh, I dance it with my feet (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Just like the bush sways in the hammock

That's how the woman from Santa Marta sways

Ce, ce, ce, ce

I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I move on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Oh, I dance it with my feet (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Just like the lily flower sways

That's how the woman of Cartagena sways

Ce, ce, ce, ce

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I move on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Oh, I dance it on one foot (ce, ce, ce)

Just like the sea sways the sail

That's how the woman of Venezuela sways

Ce, ce, ce, ce

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I move on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Oh, I dance it on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Just like the marten sways on its back

That's how the woman of Bocatombo sways

Ce, ce, ce, ce

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I move on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Oh, I dance it on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Ce, Ce, Ce

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I move on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I dance it with my feet

Just like the lily blossom sways

That's how the woman of Cartagena sways

Ce, ce, ce, ce

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce)

That I dance it on one foot (ce, ce, ce, ce)

That I play the clarinet for you (ce, ce, ce, ce)

Ce, ce, ce, ce

Ce, ce, ce, ce

Ce, ce, ce, ce

• Artist:Joe Arroyo