Chiquitico
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2 min readFeb 8, 2018
Mamá y Papá mio
Grew up en Puerto Rico
With my tías and tíos they’d laugh and play
Til my abuelitas would call out and say
Vamos mis ninos, vénganse!
Mañana is another day.
The love they knew
is a love that grew
Across the sea, poquito a pico,
and down to me, chiquitico.
Mamá y Papá mio
Raised me in el barrio
With my primas and primos I’d laugh and play
Til the mamacitas would call out and say
Vamos mis ninos, vénganse!
Mañana is another day.
The love they shared
showed how much they cared
Like a warm wind, ay que rico,
that surrounded me, chiquitico.
Mamá y Papá mio
They are growing old
While their niñas and niños could laugh and play
Still the cielito is calling out to say
Vamos mis ninos, vénganse!
Mañana is for them to stay.
