El Carbonero

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!