Historia de Una Rumba
Celia Cruz
Story of a Rumba
I feel something calling me, calling me, calling me
I can't sleep
It's something that unsettles me, drives me crazy
I have to go
And in the silence of the night
I feel the drums playing
And that's the rumba calling me
Because I have to go to party
And it's the drums warning me
That a huge party formed in the neighborhood
Then I put on some flip-flops
A red cloth around my waist
And when I got to the corner
Oh, what a delight
And when I got to the party
My waist was sweating
But I have to go have fun
La, la, la
I just have to go party
I sang and danced until the morning
Then I started to have fun
And when I got home
The man hit me with the basin
And when I got home
He hit me with the basin
But I have to go party
Ah, la, la
I just have to go have fun
I ran and ran to the street
So this man wouldn't see me
And when I got to the corner
The bus was passing by
And when I got to the corner
The bus was passing by
Ah!
Bus driver, I am, oh bus driver, I am
(Bus driver, you're going to party)
Bus driver, I am, to the conga I go
(Bus driver, you're going to party)
I go, I go, I'm going
I'm going to enjoy myself once again
(Bus driver, you're going to party)
Bus driver, I am, I am
Bus driver, I am, I am
I put on my robe, grabbed my handkerchief
And went to the street because
(Bus driver, you're going to party)
Oh, if that man comes, damn
Tell him this little black girl left again
(Bus driver, you're going to party)
Oh, I'm going to party, I'm going to enjoy, I'm going to dance
What brings the party again
How!
I'm going behind the bus driver, the onion seller, the laborer
From everyone
How!
(You're going to party)
You come with me, for God's sake don't stay here
(You're going to party)
And if that man comes, don't tell him I left
(You're going to party)
To party, to enjoy, I'm leaving from here
(You're going to party)
Hey, let's all go behind the bus driver, ok!