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El Caballo de Curingo

from Vivencias en Clave Cubana by Kiki Valera

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    "Vivencias en Clave Cubana" is the debut solo album of Cuban cuatro master Kiki Valera, a member of the Familia Valera Miranda, a century-old group and one of the most important purveyors of the Son Cubano. While completely dedicated to the performance of traditional Cuban music, Valera was exposed to Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery and Chick Corea through cassette tapes while in school and those jazz inspirations elevate the quality of his cuatro solos in subtle and beautiful ways. Joined here by childhood friend, renowned Cuban vocalist Coco Freeman, Valera and his exciting ensemble pair 12 original songs with beautiful instrumental work in ways that will make you dance, laugh, and possibly shed a tear. Cuba's traditional music has a history of constant evolution from its very beginnings. With "Vivencias en Clave Cubana," Kiki Valera continues in that spirit.

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EL CABALLO DE CURINGO tells a humorous tale about one of Kiki's uncles whose drinking habits eventually annoyed even the horse that brought him home every night.

lyrics

Yo conozco a ese compay
Por su forma peculiar
Es bien jaranero
Y le gusta guarachar

Es bien conocido
En la región oriental
Con su caballito
Que no para de trotar

Curingo llaman al tipo
Y ahora les voy a contar
Una historia verdadera
Que sé que le va a gustar

En todito el lomerío
Todos lo miran pasar
No hay guateque campesino
Que no quiera disfrutar

Pero su forma de beber
Es intensa y sin igual
Y cuando acaba la fiesta
No sabe como a su casa llegar

Y la suerte de Curingo
Es su caballo alazán
Que lo lleva de regreso
Inconsciente hasta su hogar

Pero un día se cayó
Dormido y ni se enteró
Y las riendas en sus manos
El caballo le dejó

Y al despertar, Curingo dijo así
Repite mi coro pa’ que te lo aprendas




Coro-1:
A donde está mi caballo
Que me ha dejado sus riendas
Yo quiero que alguien me explique
Porque esto no hay quien lo entienda

En medio del lomerío
Curingo se despertó

Coro-1: repeat

Y el caballo de Curingo
Como lo dejó botado
Dicen que lo andan vendiendo
Por la esquina del mercado

Coro-1: repeat

Curingo bebía mucho
Y nunca se preocupó
Y de tanta borrachera
El caballo se cansó

Coro-2: repeat

Coro-2:
A Curingo se le fue
El caballo se le fue

Por estar bebiendo tanto
El caballo se le fue

Coro-2: repeat

Vamos a preguntarle a Coco
Que el si sabe como es

Coro-2: repeat

Oye, se le fue se le fue
El caballo se le fue

Coro-2: repeat

Del guateque campesino
Tuvo que virar a pie

Coro-2: repeat

Seguro estaba borracho
Y vino Kiki a tocarle el cuatro

Coro-2: repeat

Coro-1: repeat

For our listeners who don't speak Spanish, we offer this English-language guide to our lyrics. It is not a word for word translation (that never works well in any language), and you won't be able to sing along in English, but we hope that it will help you better understand our songs.

EL CABALLO DE CURINGO (Curingo's horse)

I know that guy* (compay is slang for “compadre”)
For his peculiar ways
He's a real merry-maker
And he likes to cut loose (guarachar is to celebrate a LOT)
He is well known
In the Oriente (the eastern part of Cuba)
With his little horse
That never stops trotting.
They call the fellow Curingo
And now I'm going to tell you all
A true story that I know you will enjoy

In all of the hill country
Everyone sees him come by
There is no country party
That he does not like to enjoy
But his drinking
Is intense and without peer
And when the party ends,
He doesn't know how to get home

Curingo's good fortune
Is his sorrel horse
That takes him back,
Unconscious, to his home
But one day without knowing
He fell off while asleep
With the reins in his hands,
The horse left him.
When he woke up, Curingo said,
Repeat my chorus so you can learn it.....

Chorus:
Where is my horse
That left me his reins
I want someone to explain it to me
Because this is something no one can understand

credits

from Vivencias en Clave Cubana, released October 18, 2019
Composed by Francisco J Freeman (BMI) & Kiki Valera (ASCAP) / arranged by Kiki Valera (ASCAP)

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Kiki Valera Seattle, Washington

Kiki Valera es el hijo mayor del famoso septeto La Familia Valera Miranda, un grupo multi-generacional tradicional de Santiago de Cuba. Multi-instrumentista, compositor, arreglista, ingeniero de sonido y productor, Kiki es mejor conocido como uno de los grandes tocadores de cuatro cubano, una guitarra con 4 pares de cuerdas. ... more

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