El Carbonero
La LupeLyrics
Translation
Ay nomá!
Oh well!
Ahora sí
Now yes
Pruebe y compare!
Taste and compare!
Ah bom bom bom, el carbonero
Ah bom bom bom, the coalman
Ea bom bom bom bom, qué desespero
Ea bom bom bom bom, what despair
A tres kilos el saco, lo vendo barato
At three kilos per sack, I sell it cheap
Pa´ la planchadora yo traigo mejoras
For the ironer, I bring improvements
Mi ganga de aga que no suena ya
My bargain of water that doesn't make noise anymore
Ea bom bom bom bom, el carbonero
Ea bom bom bom bom, the coalman
Ay mi barrio obrero, qué desespero
Oh, my working-class neighborhood, what despair
Eaa! Ay nomá!
Eaa! Oh well!
Ah bom bom bom, el carbonero
Ah bom bom bom, the coalman
Hay carbón bom bom bom, qué desespero
There's coal bom bom bom, what despair
A tres kilos el saco, lo vendo barato
At three kilos per sack, I sell it cheap
Pa´ la planchadora yo traigo mejoras
For the ironer, I bring improvements
Mi ganga de aga que no suena ya
My bargain of water that doesn't make noise anymore
Ea bom bom bom bom, el carbonero
Ea bom bom bom bom, the coalman
Ay mi barrio obrero, qué desespero
Oh, my working-class neighborhood, what despair
Dame acá mi saco, sujétame el mandado
Give me my sack here, hold my shopping
Que este carbonero me tiene ya cansao
This coalman has me tired already
Bom bom (carbonero)
Bom bom (coalman)
Bom bom (yo soy sonero)
Bom bom (I am a rumba singer)
Bom bom (soy santiaguero)
Bom bom (I am from Santiago)
Bom bom (san pedritero)
Bom bom (Saint Peter's)
Bom bom (traigo hechicero)
Bom bom (I bring sorcery)
Bom bom (pa' los brujeros)
Bom bom (for the sorcerers)
Súbele! Ay nomá!
Raise it! Oh well!
Llévale! La yiyiyi!!
Take it to her! La yiyiyi!!
Bom bom (carbonero)
Bom bom (coalman)
Bom bom (yo soy sonero)
Bom bom (I am a rumba singer)
Bom bom (soy santiaguero)
Bom bom (I am from Santiago)
Bom bom (san pedritero)
Bom bom (Saint Peter's)
Oye carbonero me dijeron que eso y que te pasó
Hey coalman, they told me this and that happened to you
Y que seguir y que mis huellas. Ay!
And to keep going and my footprints. Oh!