El Cuarto De Tula (Tula’s Bedroom) - Buena Vista Social Club (1997)
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Lyrics : ..El Cuarto De Tula
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera,
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera.
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas,
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas.
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed,
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed.
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens,
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens.
Ay, mama, ¿qué pasó?
Ay, mamá, ¿qué pasó?
Oh mama, what happened?
Oh mama, what happened?
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera,
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera.
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas,
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas.
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed,
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed.
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens,
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens.
Ay, mama, ¿qué pasó?
Ay, mamá, ¿qué pasó?
Oh mama, what happened?
Oh mama, what happened?
El cuarto de Tula (¿Qué fue?)
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
(x3)
In Tula’s bedroom (What was it?)
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
(x3)
Que llamen a Ibrahim Ferrer,
Que busquen a los bomberos,
Que yo creo que Tula lo que quiere, señor,
Es que le apaguen el fuego.
Let them call Ibrahim Ferrer,
Let them search for the firefighters,
Because I think what Tula wants, sir,
Is for them to blow out her fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Ay, por ahí viene Eliades
En tremenda corredera,
Viene a observar el cuarto de Tula
Que ha cogido candela.
Oh, there comes Eliades
In a tremendous dash,
He comes to check out Tula’s bedroom
That’s caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Carlos y Marcos están
Mirando este fuego,
Si ahora no se apaga,
Se apaga luego, candela.
Carlos and Marcos are
Watching this fire,
If it doesn’t go out now,
It will go out later, flame.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Puntillita, ve y busca a Marco’
Pa’ que busque al Sierra Maestra,
Que vengan para acá rápido
Que la Tula, mira, cogió candela.
Puntillita, go and find Marco’,
So he can find Sierra Maestra,
Let them come here quickly
Because Tula, look, she caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Hey, Marcos, coge pronto el cubito
Y no te quedes allá fuera.
Llénalo de agua y ven a apagar
El cuarto de Tula, que ha cogido candela.
Hey Marcos, quickly pick up the bucket
And don’t stay out there.
Fill it with water and come put out
Tula’s bedroom, that’s caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Tula está encendida,
Llama a los bomberos,
Tú eres candela,
Afina los cueros.
Tula is on fire,
Call the firefighters,
You are the flame,
Tune the [drum] leathers.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Candela, muchacho.
Flame, young man!
[Musical interlude with Barbarito Torres’ solo]
Se volvió loco, Barbarito,
Hay que ingresarlo.
He went nuts, Barbarido did,
We need to bring him in.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
(x4)
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
(x4)
.English Translation. ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
Buena Vista Social Club - Candela
*Buena Vista Social Club 2015 Listen full album. via ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
Playlist : ..Buena Vista Social Club Double Vinyl
A1 Chan Chan 4:16
Backing Vocals - Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos - Carlos González
Congas - Compay Segundo
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Eliades Ochoa
Written-By - Francisco Repilado
A2 De Camino A La Vereda 5:03
Backing Vocals - Alberto Valdés*, Juan de Marcos González, Luis Barzaga, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Mbira - Ry Cooder
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Written-By, Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
A3 El Cuarto De Tula 7:27
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos, Cowbell - Carlos González
Conductor - Juan de Marcos González
Goblet Drum [Dumbek], Congas - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Lead Vocals - Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Timbales - Julienne Oviedo Sanchez
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals [Chorus] - Alberto Valdés*, Luis Barzaga
Written-By - Sergio Siaba*
B1 Pueblo Nuevo 6:05
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Ibrahim Ferrer
Guiro - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Written-By, Piano - Rubén González
B2 Dos Gardenias 3:02
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
Written-By - Isolina Carillo*
B3 ¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? 3:13
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Claves - Ibrahim Ferrer
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Campay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Campay Segundo
Written-By - Eusebio Delfín
C1 Veinte Años 3:29
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Omara Portuondo
Written-By - María Teresa Vera
C2 El Carretero 3:28
Backing Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer, Juan de Marcos González
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Guiro - Juan de Marcos González
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Oud, Bolon, Mbira, Percussion - Ry Cooder
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals, Guitar - Eliades Ochoa
Written-By - Guillermo Portabales
C3 Candela 5:29
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar - Ry Cooder
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos, Cowbell - Carlos González
Conductor - Juan de Marcos González
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer
Vocals [Chorus] - Alberto Valdés*, Juan de Marcos González, Luis Barzaga, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Written-By - Faustino Oramas
C4 Amor De Loca Juventud 3:21
Bass - Salvador Repilado Labrada
Bongos - Ibrahim Ferrer
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Benito Suárez Magana*, Compay Segundo
Maracas - Julio Alberto Fernández*
Slide Guitar - Ry Cooder
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Julio Alberto Fernández*
Written-By - Rafael Ortíz
D1 Orgullecida 3:18
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Drums, Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Compay Segundo
Written-By - Eliseo Silveira
D2 Murmullo 3:50
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
Written-By - Electo Rosell 'Chepin'*
D3 Buena Vista Social Club 4:50
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Claves - Ibrahim Ferrer
Congas - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Guiro - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Written-By - Israel López*
D4 La Bayamesa Written-By - Sindo Garay
2:54
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Guitar - Compay Segundo
Piano - Rubén González
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
. ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
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♫
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The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Click to viewLyrics : ..El Cuarto De Tula
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera,
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera.
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas,
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas.
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed,
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed.
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens,
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens.
Ay, mama, ¿qué pasó?
Ay, mamá, ¿qué pasó?
Oh mama, what happened?
Oh mama, what happened?
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera,
En el barrio La Cachimba, se ha formado la corredera.
Allá fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas,
Allí fueron los bomberos con sus campanas, sus sirenas.
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed,
In the Cachimba neighborhood, a running line has formed.
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens,
There went the firefighters with their bells, their sirens.
Ay, mama, ¿qué pasó?
Ay, mamá, ¿qué pasó?
Oh mama, what happened?
Oh mama, what happened?
El cuarto de Tula (¿Qué fue?)
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
(x3)
In Tula’s bedroom (What was it?)
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
(x3)
Que llamen a Ibrahim Ferrer,
Que busquen a los bomberos,
Que yo creo que Tula lo que quiere, señor,
Es que le apaguen el fuego.
Let them call Ibrahim Ferrer,
Let them search for the firefighters,
Because I think what Tula wants, sir,
Is for them to blow out her fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Ay, por ahí viene Eliades
En tremenda corredera,
Viene a observar el cuarto de Tula
Que ha cogido candela.
Oh, there comes Eliades
In a tremendous dash,
He comes to check out Tula’s bedroom
That’s caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Carlos y Marcos están
Mirando este fuego,
Si ahora no se apaga,
Se apaga luego, candela.
Carlos and Marcos are
Watching this fire,
If it doesn’t go out now,
It will go out later, flame.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Puntillita, ve y busca a Marco’
Pa’ que busque al Sierra Maestra,
Que vengan para acá rápido
Que la Tula, mira, cogió candela.
Puntillita, go and find Marco’,
So he can find Sierra Maestra,
Let them come here quickly
Because Tula, look, she caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Hey, Marcos, coge pronto el cubito
Y no te quedes allá fuera.
Llénalo de agua y ven a apagar
El cuarto de Tula, que ha cogido candela.
Hey Marcos, quickly pick up the bucket
And don’t stay out there.
Fill it with water and come put out
Tula’s bedroom, that’s caught fire.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Tula está encendida,
Llama a los bomberos,
Tú eres candela,
Afina los cueros.
Tula is on fire,
Call the firefighters,
You are the flame,
Tune the [drum] leathers.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
Candela, muchacho.
Flame, young man!
[Musical interlude with Barbarito Torres’ solo]
Se volvió loco, Barbarito,
Hay que ingresarlo.
He went nuts, Barbarido did,
We need to bring him in.
El cuarto de Tula
Le cogió candela.
Se quedó dormida y no
Apagó la vela.
(x4)
In Tula’s bedroom
The flame got her.
She fell asleep and didn’t
Blow out the candle.
(x4)
.English Translation. ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
Buena Vista Social Club - Candela
*Buena Vista Social Club 2015 Listen full album. via ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
Playlist : ..Buena Vista Social Club Double Vinyl
A1 Chan Chan 4:16
Backing Vocals - Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos - Carlos González
Congas - Compay Segundo
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto 'Virgilio' Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Eliades Ochoa
Written-By - Francisco Repilado
A2 De Camino A La Vereda 5:03
Backing Vocals - Alberto Valdés*, Juan de Marcos González, Luis Barzaga, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Mbira - Ry Cooder
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Written-By, Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
A3 El Cuarto De Tula 7:27
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos, Cowbell - Carlos González
Conductor - Juan de Marcos González
Goblet Drum [Dumbek], Congas - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Lead Vocals - Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Timbales - Julienne Oviedo Sanchez
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals [Chorus] - Alberto Valdés*, Luis Barzaga
Written-By - Sergio Siaba*
B1 Pueblo Nuevo 6:05
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Ibrahim Ferrer
Guiro - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Written-By, Piano - Rubén González
B2 Dos Gardenias 3:02
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
Written-By - Isolina Carillo*
B3 ¿Y Tú Qué Has Hecho? 3:13
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Claves - Ibrahim Ferrer
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Campay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Campay Segundo
Written-By - Eusebio Delfín
C1 Veinte Años 3:29
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Omara Portuondo
Written-By - María Teresa Vera
C2 El Carretero 3:28
Backing Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer, Juan de Marcos González
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Guiro - Juan de Marcos González
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Oud, Bolon, Mbira, Percussion - Ry Cooder
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals, Guitar - Eliades Ochoa
Written-By - Guillermo Portabales
C3 Candela 5:29
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Slide Guitar - Ry Cooder
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Bongos, Cowbell - Carlos González
Conductor - Juan de Marcos González
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Eliades Ochoa
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer
Vocals [Chorus] - Alberto Valdés*, Juan de Marcos González, Luis Barzaga, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Written-By - Faustino Oramas
C4 Amor De Loca Juventud 3:21
Bass - Salvador Repilado Labrada
Bongos - Ibrahim Ferrer
Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Benito Suárez Magana*, Compay Segundo
Maracas - Julio Alberto Fernández*
Slide Guitar - Ry Cooder
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Julio Alberto Fernández*
Written-By - Rafael Ortíz
D1 Orgullecida 3:18
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Drums, Goblet Drum [Dumbek] - Joachim Cooder
Guitar - Compay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa, Ry Cooder
Lute [Laoud] - Barbarito Torres
Piano - Rubén González
Trumpet - Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal
Vocals - Compay Segundo
Written-By - Eliseo Silveira
D2 Murmullo 3:50
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Congas - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Vocals - Ibrahim Ferrer
Written-By - Electo Rosell 'Chepin'*
D3 Buena Vista Social Club 4:50
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Claves - Ibrahim Ferrer
Congas - Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
Guiro - Lázaro Villa
Guitar - Ry Cooder
Maracas - Alberto Valdés*
Piano - Rubén González
Udu - Joachim Cooder
Written-By - Israel López*
D4 La Bayamesa Written-By - Sindo Garay
2:54
Bass - Orlando 'Cachaíto' López*
Guitar - Compay Segundo
Piano - Rubén González
Vocals - Compay Segundo, Ibrahim Ferrer, Manuel 'Puntillita' Licea
. ♫¸.•*¨♥✿♪
dr. π (pi)
♫
enjoy!
❤️