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Homenaje a Panchita

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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Homenaje a Panchita is a tale of the sad end of the family pig which had
become practically a pet to the chidlren.

lyrics

Cuando era niño en mi casa
Teníamos una mascota
No era perro ni era gato
Era una cosa graciosa

De caminar feminista
Era gorda y olorosa
Con su cola enroscadita
Panchita era cariñosa

Se despertaba temprano
Gruñendo desesperada
Por que le dieran sancocho
Para alimentar su panza

Era una tierna cerdita
Que se ganó la confianza
Porque todos la querían
Porque con ella jugaban

Y era olorosa y comía y comía
No le importaba lo que le ponían
Y en una tarde de sol agitada
Desesperada de hambre gritaba
Y con destino fatal encontraba
La muerte que no buscaba…

¡Ay pero!


Coro-1:
¿Que le pasó, que sucedió?
¿Que le pasó a Panchita?

Recuerda lo que dice el dicho
Lo que esta pa’ ti
Nadie te lo quita




Coro-1: repeat

El pez muere por la boca
Eso lo decía mi abuelita

Coro-1: repeat

Nadie sabe lo que sucedío a Panchita

Coro-2:
¿Qué le pasó a Panchita?

Ay pero ¿qué le pasó, que sucedió?

Coro-2:repeat

Y el fin de año llegó
Y en chuleta terminó

Coro-2:repeat

Y Panchita terminó

Coro-2:repeat

En una bandeja con arroz y yuquita, Panchita

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.

HOMENAJE A PANCHITA (Tribute to Panchita)

When I was a child in my house
We had a pet
She wasn’t a dog or a cat
But she was cute.
She had a feminine strut
And was chubby and aromatic
With her curly tail
Panchita was very affectionate

She woke up early
Grunting desperately
For us to give her some scraps
To fill her tummy

She was a cute little pig
That earned our trust
Because everyone loved her
Because everyone played with her

And she was smelly and ate and ate
She didn't care what we gave her
And one very hot sunny afternoon
She screeched, frenzied with hunger (OTHER WORD?)
And with a fatal destiny she met
Her unexpected death ...
Oh, But!
Chorus:
What happened to her, what happened?
What happened to Panchita?

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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