| Entre todas la más bella
| among all the most beautiful
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| Una flor de mi jardín
| A flower from my garden
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| Mas bella que un querubín
| More beautiful than a cherub
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| Y se llama Rosabella
| And her name is Rosabella
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| Rosabella sube y baja
| Rosabella goes up and down
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| Por las calles de la aldea
| Through the streets of the village
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| Y su cadera menea
| And her hip wiggles
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| Y enloquece a quien la ama
| And she drives whoever loves her crazy
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| Pero ella tiene un problema
| But she has a problem
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| Que a ojos vista la remata
| That in the eyes of her view finishes it off
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| Y es que nunca ha confesado
| And it is that she has never confessed
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| Que en verdad es un muchachín
| That she really is a boy
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| Ay ay ay, tu me matas, si con tu mulata
| Oh oh oh, you kill me, yes with your mulatto
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| Ay ay ay tu me matas si con tu mulata
| Ay ay ay you kill me if with your mulatto
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| Rosabella va a la plaza los viernes
| Rosabella goes to the square on Fridays
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| En el mercado y sólo compra manzanas
| In the market and she only buys apples
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| En el puesto de un mulato
| In the position of a mulatto
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| A él dedica sus sonrisas
| To him she dedicates her smiles
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| A el dedica sus miradas
| To him he dedicates his glances
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| Y se besan a escondidas
| And they kiss secretly
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| Y se aman en luna clara
| And they love each other in a clear moon
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| Este mulato tan guapo
| This handsome mulatto
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| Se llama Domingo Pérez
| His name is Domingo Pérez
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| Es el mas chulo del barrio
| He is the coolest in the neighborhood
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| A quien quieren las mujeres
| who women want
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| Ay ay ay, tu me matas, si con tu mulata
| Oh oh oh, you kill me, yes with your mulatto
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| Ay ay ay tu me matas si con tu mulata
| Ay ay ay you kill me if with your mulatto
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| Los padres de Rosabella
| Rosabella's parents
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| La han casado con Domingo
| They have married her to Domingo
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| Es hijo de campesinos
| He is the son of peasants
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| Un muchachito muy lindo
| A very cute little boy
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| Nadie sabe que Domingo
| Nobody knows that Sunday
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| En verdad es una mulata
| In truth he is a mulatto
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| Que vestida de chiquillo
| that dressed as a boy
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| Ha dado a todos la lata
| She has given everyone the can
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| Y ya los padres felices
| And already happy parents
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| Respiran por fin tranquilos
| finally breathe easy
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| Han encontrado salida
| have found a way out
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| A este cruce de caminos
| To this crossroads
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| Ay ay ay, tu me matas, si con tu mulata
| Oh oh oh, you kill me, yes with your mulatto
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| Ay ay ay tu me matas si con tu mulata | Ay ay ay you kill me if with your mulatto |