Lyrics | English lyric by Al Stillman:
CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, ALL THE CUBANS LOVE IT, CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, HOW THEY TURTLE DOVE IT!
WHEN PEDRO WOOS HIS WHOZIS, HE OOZES PEP AND VIM AND IF THE GAL REFUSES, SHE JUST LOSES OUT WITH HIM. THOUGH IN HIS LOVE, HE IS VIOLENT, HE TAKES HER BREATH AWAY IN SPEECH HE IS RATHER SILENT, HE HAS JUST TWO WORDS TO SAY.
ALL HE SAYS IS: CUI! CUI! TO HIS LITTLE TURTLE DOVE, WHEN HE IS FEELING MOOEY MOOEY, MEANING VERY MUCH IN LOVE. WE DONT TALK HIS LANGUAGE DO WE? BUT WE KNOW WHEN GIRL MEETS BOY, IN CUBA, THE MC-CUI, IS WHAT WE CALL THE MC-COY. EVERY CUBAN WHISPERS: CUI! TO THE ONE HES COOING TO AND THAT IS NO HAVANA HOOEY, HE IS JUST SAYING: I LOVE YOU. WE DO NOT LIVE IN CUBA, DO WE? BUT IN CASE WE EVER DO, BE SURE TO WHISPER: CUI, AND I WILL CUI BACK TO YOU.
CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, ALL THOSE LATIN LOVEBIRDS, CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, JUT LIKE TURTLE DOVE BIRDS,. CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, BACK IN OLD MANHATTAN, CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, SOUNDS LIKE PIGEON LATIN. CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, YOU WILL BE HEARING ALWAYS, CUI, CUI, CUI, CUI, IN THOSE CUBAN HALLWAYS.
Spanish lyrics:
CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROQUETA! CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROQUETA!
ARROLLA CON LA CONGA, LA NEGRA CATA CA QUE TIE NEEN SUS CADERAS, TO DOEL RITMO YEL COMPAS.
RESONADO LOS TAMBORES, BAILA REMOS SINCESAR, VAMOS NEGRA TUMBA AFUERA, QUE LA CONGA VA PASAR. CON EL RITMO DE LAS CLAVES, LA TAONNA Y EL TIMBAL, MIS PIES YA NO SE A GUANTAN. POR QUERER YA CUMBANCHAR.
CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO. CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO. CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO. CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO. CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO. CUI, CUI, CUI CAMBA, CUI LA ROUETO! |