Rayito De Luna

(w/ English Translation)

Como rayito de luna
entre la selva dormida
asi la luz de tus ojos
ha iluminado mi pobre vida

Tu diste luz al sendero
de mis noches sin fortuna
iluminando mi cielo
como rayito claro de luna

Rayito de luna blanca
que iluminas mi camino
asi es tu amor en mi vida
la verdad y mi destino

(Repeat verse 2, then verse 1, then 3, then 2 again)

Ray Of Moonlight

Like a ray of moonlight
Through the sleeping jungle
The light of your eyes
Has lit up my sad life

You gave light to my terrible nights
Lighting my sky like a clear ray of moonlight

Ray of white moonlight
You light up my path
It's like your love in my life
The truth and my destiny

(Very special thanks to Claudia Oliva for the lyric and translation.)

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Red Clay Country

I'm goin' back to the red clay country
I'm goin' back to the red clay country
I'm goin' back to the red clay country
Where I come from
Where I come from

I don't want cold iron shackles
I don't want cold iron shackles
I don't want cold iron shackles
Hurt my pride
Bud, it hurt my pride

All I need is one sweet woman
All I need is one sweet woman
All I need is one sweet woman
To hold my hand
My weary hand

I'm goin' back to the red clay country
I'm goin' back to the red clay country
I'm goin' back to the red clay country
That's my home
Buddy, that's my home
That's my home
Buddy, that's my home
That's my home
Buddy, that's my home

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Sabras Que Te Quiero

(w/ English Translation)

Cuando puedan mis noches hablarte y puedan decirte lo que eres en mi,
Que' de cosas iran a contarte...
Cuantas otras sabras tu de mi....

Que te quiero, sabras que te quiero
carino como este
jamas ekistio.
Que mis ojas
jamas han llorado
como aquelle noche
que te dije adios.

Que te quiero
volver a tu lado
tenerte conmigo
vivir nuestro amor.
Que te quiero,
sabras que te quiero
porque eres mi vida,
mi cielo,
mi dios.


You Will Know That I Love You

When my nights can talk to you and tell you what you are to me,
what things will they tell you ...
How many things will you know about me.

That I love you. You'll know that I love you
Love like this
never existed before.
That my eyes
never have cried
like that night
when I told you goodbye.

That I want to
return to your side;
have you next to me;
live our love.
That I love you. You'll know that I love you.
Because you are my life,
my sky,
my heaven.

(Very special thanks to Carolina Capote for the lyric and translation.)

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San Fernando

It's the last train to San Fernando
The last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando

Last night I met sweet Dorothy
Said, "Tomorrow I am joining in matrimony."
("Do it now, John!")
She said, "If you act right
You can take me out tonight
And we'll wine and dine but be back on time."

It's the last train to San Fernando
It's the last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando

Said, "I'm marrying right into society
Be careful of the place you are taking me
Because if you slip, I'll slide
And I'll never get to be a bride."
And we'll bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando
("What is this?")

It's the last train to San Fernando
("Bitty-bitty-bitty!")
Last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando

("Sing it, Keely!")
Diplomatically, I asked Dorothy to dance
("How else?")
There was nothing on my mind but romance
I said to myself, "Oooh boy
Better beat this iron while it's hot."
And we'll bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando

It's the last train to San Fernando
("Hush-a-baby!")
Last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando

It's the last train to San Fernando
The last train to San Fernando
(quiet)

Let's bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando!
(loud)

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Sinner Man

Oh, Sinner Man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, Sinner Man, where you gonna run to?
Oh, Sinner Man, where you gonna run to?
All on that day?

Run to the rock, "Rock won't you hide me?"
Run to the rock, "Rock won't you hide me?"
Run to the rock, "Rock won't you hide me?"
All on that day.

Well, the Lord said, "Sinner Man, the rock will be a-meltin'"
The Lord said, "Sinner Man, the rock will be a-meltin'"
The Lord said, "Sinner Man, the rock will be a-meltin'"
All on that day.

Well, then we'll run to the stars
Stars'll be a fallin'
Run to the moon,
Moon'll be a-bleedin'
Run to the Lord,
Lord'll be a cryin'
All on that day.

Well, the Lord said, "Sinner Man, you shoulda been a-prayin'"
The Lord said, "Sinner Man, you shoulda been a-prayin'"
The Lord said, "Sinner Man, you shoulda been a-prayin'"
All on that day.

"Satan, Satan, won't you hide me?
Satan, Satan, won't you hide me?
Satan, Satan, won't you hide me, now?"

Satan said "Sinner Man, step right in."
Satan said "Sinner Man, step right in."
Satan said "Sinner Man, step right in."
All on that day.

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Sin Ti (Without You)

Sin ti, no podre vivir jamas
tu pensar que nunca mas
estaras junto a mi

Sin ti, que me puede ya importar
si lo que me hace llorar
esta lejos de aqui?

Sin ti, no hay clemencia en mi dolor
la esperaza de mi amor
te la lleras al fin

Sin ti, es inutil vivir
como inutil sera
el quererte olvidar

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So Long, Stay Well

Little boy go ride the pale horse in the park
Count the golden butterflies and stay out till dawn
Never mind the grownups who sing their old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy, you're older, keep life while you can
Happy days and holidays so soon escape man
Soon you'll be a grownup and sing your old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy, your youth and the summer is done
You've got the sunset, though you've lost the sun
Now you are a grownup, so sing your old song

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

Little boy go ride the pale horse in the park
Count the golden butterflies and stay out till dawn
Never mind the grownups who sing their old song
Some other autumn will right all the wrongs

So long, stay well
Love was here, now it's gone

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South Coast

The South Coast, the wild coast is lonely
You might win at a game in Jolon
But the lion still rules the barrancas
And a man there is always alone

My name is Don Pedro de Cadro
The son of a Spanish grandee
But I won my wife in a card game
And to Hell with the Lords o'er the sea

I gambled my pay in a card game
I played with the inn keeper there
He staked all he'd lost on his daughter
I accepted, for what's fair is fair

I picked up the ace, I had won her
My heart, which was down at my feet
Jumped up to my throat in a hurry
Like a young summer day, she was sweet

The South Coast, the wild coast is lonely
You might win at a game in Jolon
But the lion still rules the barrancas
And a man there is always alone

He went to the door of the kitchen
And dragged the girl out with a curse
Sayin, "Take her, now, damn ya, you've won her
And she's yours now for better or worse."

Though I felt her arms tighten about me
As we rode through the hills to the South
Not a word did I hear from her that day
Not a kiss from her pretty red mouth

The South Coast, the wild coast is lonely
You might win at a game in Jolon
But the lion still rules the barrancas
And a man there is always alone

We soon reached my cabin at twilight
The stars twinkled out on the coast
She soon loved the valleys and orchards
But I knew she would love me the most

That winter I'll always remember
I carved on a cradle of pine
By the fire in our warm little cabin
I knew she would always be mine

The South Coast, the wild coast is lonely
You might win at a game in Jolon
But the lion still rules the barrancas
And a man there is always alone

And then I got hurt in a landslide
Imprisoned beneath the loose stone
She saddled our pony like lightening
And rode off in the night for Jolon

A lion screamed in the barrancas
The pony fell hard on the slide
My young wife lay dead in the moonlight
My heart died that night with my bride

The South Coast, the wild coast is lonely
You might win at a game in Jolon
But the lion still rules the barrancas
And a man there is always alone
And a man there is always alone

(Thanks to Guy K. Haas for help in discerning some of the words to the above song.)

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South Wind

Well I know, I don't have to be told
That this North Wind is chilly and cold
Well I know

Far from the South Wind I ran
Now I'm a lost and lonely man
Well I know

I had a little girl but she left me
I had a little girl but she left me
I had a little girl but she left me
Well I know

She took the sun and left me the rain
Left me the sorrow and all of the pain
Well I know
She took my love and left me torn
Now I'm lonely and forlorn
Well I know

All that I love a-done left me
All that I love a-done left me
All that I love a-done left me
Well I know

She told me some day she'd return
If the sun should freeze or the earth should burn
Well I know
But now she's gone and in the sky
The wind alone can hear me cry
Well I know

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Summertime Love (I Never Have Seen Snow)

Let the chilly autumn wind blow in the window
Let the chilly autumn wind blow in the door
Let the chilly autumn wind blow down the chimney
And up through a crack in the floor

I never have seen snow
But one thing that I know
Snow ain't so beautiful
Can't be so beautiful
As my love is
As my love is

Still I love my summertime love
Still I miss the kissing and the courting
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true

Still I love my summertime love
Still I want her walking close beside me
Still I love my summertime love
Let the seasons change as they do

I never have seen snow
But one thing that I know
Snow ain't so beautiful
Can't be so beautiful
As my love is
As my love is

Still I love my summertime love
Still I miss the kissing and the courting
Still I love my summertime love
With a heart still summertime true
With a heart still summertime true

Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes In)

Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Hang my head in mournful cry

True love don't weep, true love don't mourn
True love don't weep, true love don't mourn
True love don't weep or mourn for me
I'm goin' away from this old town

Wish to the Lord my son was born
Sittin' on his mammy's knee
And me, Oh, Lord, was dead and gone
Green grass growin' over me

Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Hang my head in mournful cry
hang my head in mournful cry

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Suzanne (Every Night When The Sun Goes In)

Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Hang my head in mournful cry

True love don't weep, true love don't mourn
True love don't weep, true love don't mourn
True love don't weep or mourn for me
I'm goin' away from this old town

Wish to the Lord my son was born
Sittin' on his mammy's knee
And me, Oh, Lord, was dead and gone
Green grass growin' over me

Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Every night when the sun goes in
Hang my head in mournful cry
hang my head in mournful cry

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Take Off Your Old Coat

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

I folded my hands, I bowed down my head
But still there's no rest for those who weary
For all those who travel, for all heavy laden
And still there's no rest for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

Life's richest pleasures are bound all around us
Treasures too great to all be counted
But though we see moonlight, the moon has a dark side
And so it is here for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

Light me no candles, but join in the workin'
There's much to be done and few to do it
Those gone before us have left us our labors
And still there's no rest for those who weary

Take off your old coat, and roll up your sleeves
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe
Life is a hard road to travel, I believe

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They Call The Wind Mariah

Way out here they've got a name
For wind and rain and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe
And they call the wind Mariah

Mariah blows the stars around
Sends the clouds a-flyin'
Mariah makes the mountain sound
Like folks was up there dyin'

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

Before I knew Mariah's name
And heard her wailin', whinin'
I had a girl and she had me
And the sun was always shinin'

Then one day I left my girl
Left her far behind me
Now I'm so lost, so goldurn lost
Not even God can find me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

Out here they've got a name for rain
Wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone
There ain't no name for lonely

And I'm a lost and lonely man
Without a star to guide me
Mariah, blow my love to me
I need her here beside me

Mariah, Mariah
They call the wind Mariah

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Tomorrow Is A Long Time

If today was not a crooked highway
If tonight I could finally stand tall
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
Then lonesome would mean nothing to me at all

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

I can't see my reflection in the waters
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps
Don't remember the sound of my own name

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

There's beauty in the silver, singin' river
There's beauty in the sunrise in the sky
But none of these and nothing else can match the beauty
That I remember in my true love's eyes

Only if my own true love was waitin'
If I could hear her heart a-softly poundin'
Only if she was lyin' by me
I'd lie in my bed once again

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Truly Do

Hey Baby, don't you cry
Hey Baby don't you pass me by
Remember the boy used to sing this song
When the summer nights were long?

I love you, truly do
I love you, truly do

Love you for your hair of brown
And the way you walk when you go downtown
I love you, truly do

Hey Lady, it's been a long, long time
Had that song on my mind
Travelled halfway 'round the world
Never found a prettier girl

I love you, truly do
I love you, truly do

Took my heart like a bluebird flyin'
I hear your name when the wind is sighin'
I love you, truly do

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Two Brothers

Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
Two brothers on their way
One wore blue and one wore gray

One wore blue and one wore gray
As they marched along their way
A fife and a drum began to play
Oh, what a beautiful morning

One was gentle, one was kind
One was gentle, one was kind
One came home, one stayed behind
Cannonball don't pay no mind

Cannonball don't pay no mind
If he's gentle, if he's kind
Don't care for the folks he left behind
Oh, what a beautiful morning

Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
Two girls waiting by the railroad tracks
One wore blue and one wore black

One wore blue and one wore black
Waiting there by the railroad track
Waiting for their loved ones to come back
Oh, what a beautiful morning

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Vamos Al Baile

(w/ English Translation)

Vamos al baile, veras que bonito
Donde se alumbran con veinte linternas
Donde se bailan las danzas modernas
Donde se bailan de mucho vacilon

Y quiereme Jesusita, y quiereme por favor
dile que soy amante
y sequire un servidor

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

Come to the dance, let us go there, my lovely
Where twenty lanterns are burning so brightly
Where all the dancers are dancing so lightly
Come let us sway to the rythm of the dance!

So pick me Jesusita
And dance with only me
You know, dear, that I love you
It's your turn to dance with me

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

Vamos al baile, veras que bonito
Donde se alumbran con veinte linternas
Donde las ninas ensenan sus piernas
Donde se bailan de mucho vacilon

Y quiereme Jesusita, y quiereme por favor
dile que soy amante
y sequire un servidor

(indiscernible)

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

Come To The Dance

Come to the dance, you'll see how lovely it is
Where all is lit with twenty lanterns
Where they do all the newest dances
And where they dance with so much spirit!

Love me Jesusita, please love me
Tell them I'm your lover
And I will be a servant to you

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

Come to the dance, let us go there, my lovely
Where twenty lanterns are burning so brightly
Where all the dancers are dancing so lightly
Come let us sway to the rythm of the dance!

So pick me Jesusita
And dance with only me
You know, dear, that I love you
It's your turn to dance with me

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

Come to the dance, you will see how lovely it is
Where all is lit with twenty lanterns
Where all the girls show off their legs
Where they dance with so much spirit!

Love me Jesusita, please love me
Tell them I'm your lover
And I will be a servant to you

(indiscernible )

Lips as sweet as cherry wine
The prettiest girl at the dance is mine
The prettiest girl is mine!

(Very special thanks to Claudia Oliva for the lyric and translation.)

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La Vaquilla Colorada

(w/ English Translation)

Abre las puertas, vaquero!
del corral de la manada
que tenemos que lazar
la vaquilla colorada

(Repeat first stanza)

Oy, oy, oy, oy
Vamos a lazar!
A la colorada que tenemos que tentar

(Repeat stanza four times)

Dicen que la colorada
tiene los cuernos puntales
y dicen que tienen miedo
vaqueros y caporales!

Oy, oy, oy, oy
vamos a lazar
a la colorada que tenemos que tentar

(Repeat first verse twice, then second verse four times, then end.)

The Red Bull

Open the door, cowboy!
Open the door of the old corral!
because we have to lasso the red bull

(Repeat first stanza)

Oy, oy, oy, oy
Let's lasso the red bull!
It's he we must lure!

(Repeat stanza four times)

They say the red bull
Has very sharp horns
And they say that they strike fear
Into the cowboys and their men

Oy, oy, oy, oy
Let's lasso the red bull!
It's he we must lure!

(Repeat first verse twice, then second verse four times, then end.)

(Very special thanks to Claudia Oliva for the lyric and translation.)

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Wagoner's Lad

Hard luck is the fortune of all womankind
They're always controlled, they're always confined
Controlled by their parents until they are wives
Then slaves to their husbands the rest of their lives

I knew one poor girl and her fortune 'twas sad
She'd always been courted by the Wagoner Lad
He courted her truly, by night and by day
Now his wagons are loaded, he's pulling away

"Your horses are hungry, come feed them some hay
Come sit down beside me for as long as you may."
"My horses ain't hungry and they won't eat your hay
So fare you well, Darling, no longer to stay.

"Your parents don't like me, they say I'm too poor
They say I'm not worthy to enter your door
Hard livin's my pleasure, my money's my own
And if they don't like me they can leave me alone."

"Your wagons need loadin', your whip needs to mend
Come sit down beside me for as long as you can."
"My wagons are loaded, my whips in my hand
So fare you well, Darling, no longer to stand."

Hard luck is the fortune of all womankind
They're always controlled, they're always confined
Controlled by their parents until they are wives
Then slaves to their husbands the rest of their lives

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