'La Bamba' Poem by Paolo Giuseppe Mazzarello

'Se necesita una poca de gracia.
Una poca de gracia para mi para ti'...
Rick was a sensitive and clever Latin singer.
He was very good, too, and loved his sweetheart.
He was very poor in a sunny land between the States and Mexico.
He was a little more than a kid, loved singing.
He invented a song for people who were gotta bailar la bamba:
'Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan', this way his team Los Lobos played.
He succeded and had to take the planes.
He wasn't ready to fly, it was too early.
It isn't too late to sing a song for you, Rick,
You didn't feel ready and told everybody it.
The contest didn't fit you,
You weren't a sailorman but a captain.
Your navy fits bailar la bamba. Bamba, bamba...Bamba, bamba...
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The song 'La bamba' was performed by R. Valens