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Artist: Inti-Illimani
Canonical path: /inti-illimani/sensemaya-o-canto-para-matar-una-culebra
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Sensemayá (O Canto Para Matar Una Culebra)
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Sensemayá (O Canto Para Matar Una Culebra)
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La culebra tiene los ojos de vidrio,
La culebra viene y se enreda en un palo
Con sus ojos de vidrio en un palo
Con sus ojos de vidrio.
La culebra camina sin patas,
La culebra se esconde en la yerba
Caminando se esconde en la yerba
Caminando sin patas.
Mayombé bombé, mayombé
Mayombé bombé, mayombé,
Mayombé bombé, mayombé.
Tú le das con el hacha y se muere
¡Dale ya!
No le des con el pie que te muerde
No le des con el pie que se va.
Sensemayá la culebra, sensemayá,
Sensemayá con sus ojos, sensemayá,
Sensemayá con su lengua, sensemayá,
Sensemayá con su boca, sensemayá.
La culebra muerta no puede comer,
La culebra muerta no puede silbar,
No puede caminar, no puede correr.
La culebra muerta no puede mirar,
La culebra muerta no puede beber.
No puede respirar, no puede morder.
Mayombé bombé, mayombé
Sensemayá la culebra.
Mayombé bombé,mayombé,
Sensemayá no se mueve.
Mayombé bombé, mayombé,
Sensemayá la culebra.
Mayombé bombé, mayombé
Sensemayá, se murió.
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