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Singer: Edgardo DONATOSinger 2: Horacio LagosComposer: Edgardo DonatoAuthor: José Rótulo

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Lyrics
Todos me llaman mulato
Porque negro es mi color,
Sin saber que tengo el alma
Del color de la ilusión.
 
Aunque soy de cara negra
Y negro soy como soy,
Sueño como sueña un blanco
Y tengo penas de amor.
 
Soy negro de la Recova
San Ignacio y Monserrat,
Para el compás del candombe
El mulingo ya se va.
 
Y al compás de tamboriles
Me lleva el viento el rumor,
El viento huele a jazmines
Adentro ruidos de amor.
English translation
Everybody calls me mulatto
Because black is my color,
Without knowing that I have a soul
The color of illusion.
 
Although I am black-faced
And black I am as I am,
I dream as a white man dreams
And I have sorrows of love.
 
I'm black from the Recova
San Ignacio and Monserrat,
To the beat of the candombe
The mulingo is leaving.
 
And to the beat of tamboriles
The wind carries the rumor to me,
The wind smells of jasmine
Inside noises of love.

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