SIBONEY
(Ernesto Lecuona)

Javier Solis (Mexico)


Siboney yo te quiero yo me muero por tu amor.
Siboney, en tu boca la miel puso su dulzor.
Ven aquí que te quiero y que todo tesoro eres tú para mí.
Siboney al arrullo de tu alma pienso en ti.

Siboney de mi sueño si no oyes la queja de mi voz,
Siboney si no vienes me moriré de amor.
Siboney de mi sueño te espero con ansia en mi caney,
Siboney si no vienes me moriré de amor.

Oye el eco de mi canto de cristal
no se pierde por el rudo manigual.


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SIBONEY  
English lyrics: Dolly Morse - Music - Ernesto Lecuona

Caterina Valente, The Mavericks, others


(Verse:)
If you've been in Havana,
 You have heard a dreamy tune;
When you think of Havana,
 You recall this dreamy tune.

If you've danced in Havana,
 You've caught its funny rhythm
That made your senses stray night and day;
 Here's that tantalizing melody they play:

(Chorus:)

Siboney! 
That's the tune that they croon at you down Havana way.
Siboney!
That's the dance that they dance at the café.
And that tune brings you dreams, so it seems,
Underneath the silver moon as they play Siboney,
Every care will fade away.
Fascinating, captivating Siboney!






(Contributed by Lou Rugani - THE MUSIC OF THE STARS (WLIP) - December 2016)