Coo coo roo coo coo Paloma (Dove)

Click to see the original lyrics (Spanish)

They say that at night

he did nothing but cry,

they say he didn't eat

he did nothing but drink.

They swear that the very sky (heavens) 1.

trembled on hearing his weeping,

how he suffered for her,

that even in his death, he went calling her

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he sung,

ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he groaned.

Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, he sung,

of a mortal passion he died.

That, very early in the morning

a sad 'paloma' goes to sing to him 2.

to the empty small house

with its little doors open wide;

they swear that that 'paloma'

is nothing other than his soul,

that he is still waiting

for the wretched to return.

Coo coo ru coo coo paloma, coo coo roo coo coo, don't cry,

the stones never, ever, paloma,

what can they know of love?

Coo coo roo coo coo, coo coo roo coo coo,

Coo coo roo coo coo, coo coo roo coo coo

coo coo roo coo coo, paloma, don't cry no more.

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roster 31 on 2013-03-24

Author's comments:

There is another rendition of this song with comments and some extra information. The information was incorrect. This song, a Mexican huapango, was written by Tomás Méndez in the 1950's, and all we know about the story, is what the words tell us.

*1. I was debating: sky? heavens?
*2. I think that if we leave the original "paloma" in the title, it should be used throughout the song, and not to change it to "dove" here and there.

Note: A little editing has been done due to the fact that there were a couple lines not too clear in the original. Now, on my part, the comprehension of the poem is perfect.

Original lyrics