| Rosalia | 
| Puerto Rico | 
| You lovely island. | 
| . | 
| Island of tropical breezes | 
| Always the pineapples growing | 
| Always the coffee blossoms blowing. | 
| . | 
| Anita | 
| Puerto Rico. | 
| . | 
| You ugly island. | 
| . | 
| Island of tropic diseases | 
| Always the hurricanes blowing | 
| Always the population growing. | 
| . | 
| And the money owing | 
| And the babies crying | 
| And the bullets flying | 
| I like the island Manhattan | 
| Smoke on your pipe and put that in! | 
| Others | 
| I like to be in America! | 
| O.K. | 
| by me in America! | 
| Ev’rything free in America | 
| For a small fee in America! | 
| Rosalia | 
| I like the city of San Juan | 
| Anita | 
| I know a boat you can get on | 
| Rosalia | 
| Hundreds of flowers in full bloom | 
| Anita | 
| Hundreds of people in each room! | 
| All | 
| Automobile in America | 
| Chromium steel in America | 
| Wire-spoke wheel in America | 
| Very big deal in America! | 
| Rosalia | 
| I’ll drive a Buick through San Juan | 
| Anita | 
| If there’s a road you can drive on | 
| Rosalia | 
| I’ll give my cousins a free ride | 
| Anita | 
| How you get all of them inside? | 
| All | 
| Immigrant goes to America | 
| Many hellos in America; | 
| Nobody knows in America | 
| Puerto Rico’s in America! | 
| Rosalia | 
| I’ll bring a T.V. to San Juan | 
| Anita | 
| If there a current to turn on! | 
| Rosalia | 
| I’ll give them new washing machine | 
| Anita | 
| What have they got there to keep clean? | 
| All | 
| I like the shores of America! | 
| Comfort is yours in America! | 
| Knobs on the doors in America | 
| Wall-to-wall floors in America! | 
| Rosalia | 
| When I will go back to San Juan | 
| Anita | 
| When you will shut up and get gone? | 
| Rosalia | 
| Everyone there will give big cheer! | 
| Anita | 
| Everyone there will have moved here! |