Los Mangos Bajitos
Juan Luis Guerra 4.40
The Low Mangoes
Don Martín Garata says
Person of high rank
Who really likes mango
Because it's a pleasant fruit
But climbing the tree (oh, that's a no)
And seeing the little clusters (oh, that's a no)
In endless troubles (oh, that's a no)
As that is so dangerous
He finds it more delicious
To pick the low mangoes (oh, ñeñe)
To pick the low mangoes (tulile)
To pick the low mangoes
Hey!
Don Martín also says
That he likes chestnuts
But when a strange hand
Takes it out of the pan
And they peel it well (oh, that's right)
With all the requirements (oh, that's right)
But burning the fingers (oh, that's a no)
Putting them in the flame
That's not called
Picking the low mangoes (oh, ñeñe)
Picking the low mangoes (tulile)
Picking the low mangoes
Hey!
That's why the unfortunate fate
Of my life doesn't improve
Because many are now
Like Don Martín Garata
Who want to get into money (oh, that's right)
Earning easy money (oh, that's a no)
With pretty monopolies (oh, that's a no)
With goats and smuggling
Without lifting a finger and dreaming
Picking the low mangoes (oh, ñeñe)
Picking the low mangoes (tulile)
Picking the low mangoes
And who doesn't like a mango?
To be given peeled
And who doesn't like a mango?
Yellow or pink
And who doesn't like a mango?
Without working and dreaming
And who doesn't like a mango?
Picking a low mango
And who doesn't like a mango?
Without climbing to the cluster
And who doesn't like a mango?
Banilejo or mameyito
And who doesn't like a mango?
Spending life dreaming
And who doesn't like a mango?
Eating a low mango
Mamacita, how beautiful
And who doesn't like a mango?
Without burning the fingers
And who doesn't like a mango?
Yellow or pink
And who doesn't like a mango?
Without working and dreaming
And who doesn't like a mango?
Eating the low mangoes
And who doesn't like a mango?
To be given peeled
And who doesn't like a mango?
Banilejo or mameyito
And who doesn't like a mango?
Spending life dreaming
And who doesn't like a mango?
Eating a low mango
Mamacita, how beautiful
But look how it comes
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh mama, eh, oh mama
Oh mama, eh, oh mama
Oh mama, eh, oh mama
Mamacita, how beautiful