Il testo della Drume negrita

Drume negrita (eliseo grenet 1893-1950)
Mama la negrita / se le salen los pies de la cunita
Y la negra merce / ya no sabe que hacer
Tu drume, negrita / que yo va compra nueva cunita
Que va tener capitel / que va tener cascabel
Si tu drume yo te traigo un mamey muy colorado
Si tu no drume yo te traigo un babalao que da pao pao
Tu drume negrita / que yo va compra nueva cunita
Que va tener capitel / que va tener cascabel
Sleep my little black baby / and i will buy for you a new baby crib
That should have a top cap and also a bell
If you sleep i will bring you a very red mamey
If you don't i will bring you a babalao / that will give you pau pau
The feet of the little black baby / come out of her crib
And the black merce' doesn't know what to do
Sleep my little black baby / and i will buy for you a new baby crib
That should have a top cap and also a bell
If you sleep i will bring you a very red mamey
If you don't i will bring you a babalao / that will give you pau pau.
Mamey: cuban fruit
Babalao: santeria priest
Pau pau: to give a wack with a stick