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De Alto Cedro voy para Marcane
Luego A Cueto voy para Mayari.
El carino que te tengo
Yo no lo puedo negar
Se me sale la babita
Yo no lo puedo evitar
Cuando Juanica y Chan Chan
En el mar cernian arena
Como sacudia el 'jibe'
A Chan Chan le daba pena
Limpia el camino de paja
Que yo me quiero sentar
En aquel tronco que veo
Y asi no puedo llegar
De Alto Cedro voy para Marcane
Luego a Cueto voy para Mayari.
Luego A Cueto voy para Mayari.
Yo no lo puedo negar
Se me sale la babita
Yo no lo puedo evitar
En el mar cernian arena
Como sacudia el 'jibe'
A Chan Chan le daba pena
Que yo me quiero sentar
En aquel tronco que veo
Y asi no puedo llegar
Luego a Cueto voy para Mayari.
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Submitted by
elrqxqr On Apr 14, 2004
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One more thing...
The villages and cities mentioned in the song (i.e. Alto Cedro, Marcané, Cueto and Mayarí) are all in Holguín Province in eastern Cuba. Christopher Clolumbus called it ''the most beautiful country human eyes has ever seen...''
I might just go and meet my very own Juanica.
Well, it's definitely got an erotic vibe to it...
A boy named Chan Chan and a girl named Juanica travel throughout Cuba searching for sand to build a house with. They finally arrive at the perfect beach and set about sifting the sand to remove the pebbles. Things begin to get more tense however, when Juanica begins to shake her sieve. Chan Chan can't help but notice her body moving rhythmically beneath the folds of her dress. The feelings this sight elicits from him soon fill him with shame and he leaves the beach hurriedly, seeking shelter beneath a tree (to masturbate perhaps, who knows?).
P.S. You never know when a few lines in español might come in handy:
El cariño que te tengo No te lo puedo negar Se me sale la babita Yo no lo puedo evitar
The love I have for you Is something I cannot deny I drool all over I cannot help it
I went to Cuba at the end of my senior year for an educational trip. It was the best two weeks of my life.
I love Buena Vist Social Club... but I wish I could understand Spanish.
this song makes me all emotional and junk.. its so pretty
I love Buena Vist Social Club... but I wish I could understand Spanish.
I love Buena Vist Social Club... but I wish I could understand Spanish.
Isn't this song about masturbation? u_u
Esta canción me encanta, está es una de mis canciones favoritas. Por desgarcia los no van a hacer otras canciones... ¡qué triste!
Maybe the song does not mean anything, but let us say it is from old Cuban lore, only that there is no Cuban lore of Chan Chan and Juanica that I know, but there is Cuban lore (Abakua secret society and religion foundational myth, it has much influence on Cuban music) of Eribangando and Sikan. All were looking for the Voice everywhere but it could not be found. Sikan, the princess, and Efi prince were lovers. She went to get water and found the Tanze fish, the Voice, incarnation of the high god Abasi. Ceiba (jiba, sieve in the song) is a tree, another incarnation of the high god. She made wrong and told her lover. She was sacrificed, the lover become sad. Eribangando cleared the path to the sacred tree Ukano Bekonsi. It is not clear if Eribangando was the lover, but he saved Sikan from a snake, had great love for her. This is a rather similar story, else what means clear the path and go to sit on the tree trunk?