Daymé Arocena performs Celia Cruz classic “Quimbara” (Live!)
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Daymé Arocena performs Celia Cruz classic “Quimbara” with the American Pops Orchestra.
Grammy-nominee Daymé Arocena performs the Celia Cruz classic “Quimbara” with the American Pops Orchestra, in celebration of Celia Cruz’s centenary and in tribute to Journalism Award Honoree Felix Contreras.
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Daymé Arocena performs Celia Cruz classic “Quimbara” (Live!)
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Grammy-nominee Daymé Arocena performs the Celia Cruz classic “Quimbara” with the American Pops Orchestra, in celebration of Celia Cruz’s centenary and in tribute to Journalism Award Honoree Felix Contreras.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ ♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Eh mamá, eh mamá.
♪ ♪ Eh mamá, eh mamá.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ La rumba me está llamando.
♪ ♪ Bombo, dile que ya voy.
♪ ♪ Que se espere un momentico.
♪ ♪ Mientras canto un guaguancó.
♪ ♪ Dile, dile, dile que no es un desprecio.
♪ ♪ Pues vive en mi corazón.
♪ ♪ Mi vida es tan sólo eso.
♪ ♪ Rumba buena y guaguancó, eh-ah.
♪ ♪ Eh mamá, eh mamá.
♪ ¡Dimelo!
♪ Eh, azúcar, azúcar, azúcar!
♪ ♪ ¡No los veo, no los veo!
♪ ♪ ¡No los veo, eso eh!
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Si quiere' gozar, si quiere' bomba, ♪ ♪ quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Ay, lo baila Teresa y también Joseíto.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quim, bajito.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Quimbara, quimbar.
♪ ♪ Quimbara, quimbara, quimbara cumbara ♪ ♪ cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Quimbara, quimbara.
♪ ♪ Quimbara, quimbara, quimbara, quimbara.
♪ (vocalizing).
♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ (percussion solo).
♪ ♪ ¡Viva la música hispana!
¡Viva hispanoamerica!
¡Y la luz eterna por para nuestra reina, Celia Cruz!
♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Eh, quimbara, quimbara.
♪ ♪ Quimbara, quimbara.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ (vocalizing).
♪ DAYMÉ: Eh, quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Ay, lo baila Teresa y también Joseíto.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quim, bajito.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ DAYMÉ: Quimbara, quimbara.
♪ ♪ Quimbara, quimbara, quimbara.
♪ ♪ BACKGROUND VOCALS: Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ ♪ Quimbara cumbara cumba quimbamba.
♪ (vocalizing).
♪ La, la, la!
♪ ♪ Ay!
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