Connie Francis — Siboney (1960)

“Siboney“, also known as “Canto Siboney“, is a 1927 song by Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona. The music is in cut time, originally written in C major. The lyrics were reportedly written by Lecuona while away from Cuba and is about the homesickness he was experiencing. The term “Siboney“ refers to one of the indigenous tribes that inhabited Cuba before the arrival of the Spanish colonists and acts as a symbol for the island. Siboney is both the name of a coastal village in Eastern Cuba and of a neighborhood in the Playa borough of Havana. Siboney, yo te quiero, yo me muero port u amor. Siboney, en tu boca la miel puso su dulzor. Ven aquí,que te quiero y que todo tesoro Eres tu para mi. Siboney, al arrullo de tu palma pienso en ti. Siboney, de mi sueño si no oyes la queja de mi voz. Siboney, si no vienes, me moriré de amor. Siboney, de mi sueño te espero con ansia en mi caney. Siboney, si no vienes, me moriré de amor. Oye el eco de mi canto de cristal. No se pierda entre el ruido manigual.