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Chinese salsa, featuring erhu and dizi. An updated arrangement of a classic salsa track called, in English, "Chinese eyes." Less Asian fetish, more collaboration with Asian musicians.
lyrics
English translation of Spanish and English lyrics. The Chinese spoken response are indented.
What? What are you saying?
Chinaman wants flied lice, well-flied from Puelto Lico
Fried rice! Puerto Rico.
Behold, how lovely are the eyes of the Chinese maiden
Telephone number?
When she winks at me, I have to take notice
No way!
I would marry you in a church in Canton
Heaven
Because I love you to bits
My lady, Mistress of my heart
If I had a palace
There you would be my queen
Oh, Queen!
Because, China, you drive me crazy
What are you talking about?
With those lovely eyes of your
You have me under your spell
With your shapely figure
Dance? I don’t mind at all!
I would give you my life
If you would marry me
Because I love you so
You have me half-crazed
With those lovely eyes of yours
How lovely is Chili
A fiery beauty!
Oh, how lovely is Chili
Chil, China, Chinilinie
How lovely is Chinee
I don’t know what I’d do without you
For it’s only you that I love
How grand !
Ah, how lovely is Chinee (2x)
“To whom do those eyes belong,” I ask
And she replies “Why, to you, my darling”
Chinaman loves his China Girl
Hey, Chinaman loves his China Girl
Some manners, please.
His China from the Orient
China! Oh, China! Oh, China! China!
Don’t call me China!
How lovely is China! Say, how fine is China
So cool! So grand! So wonderful!
What a wonder is Chili’s beauty Please stick with this Chinaman
Because without you I’d prefer death and the Sun would not rise,
Such flattery!
China if you don’t stay with me, in that case, in God’s name I beg you
Do not leave me, Do not forsake me
Do not cast me into oblivion
I would marry you
Show some class.
Chinaman loves his China Girl,
So does China Girl love her China Man
The Chinaman is back, asking for flied lice, well flied, from Puelto Lico.
Do not bully your elders.
Trill.
I know. I can do that (sound) just fine. Can you?
Tongue twister
Spanish attempt: Su sh sa su shi si… Something like that, right?
Trill 2
Male Voice, Chinese accent: The Chinese man, as well, deserves respect.
credits
released November 24, 2021
Feifei Yang-erhu and Chinese language Abraham Gomez-Delgado- lead vocal, Fred Liu--piano and keyboards, David Soler - di-zi, Aaron Barak- electric guitar, Geison Bacilio and Todd Isler - percussion, Akihiro Yamamoto- electric bass
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