[Rosalia] Puerto Rico, You lovely island . . . Island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .
[Anita] Puerto Rico . . . You ugly island . . . Island of tropic diseases. Always the hurricanes blowing, Always the population growing . . . And the money owing, And the babies crying, And the bullets flying. I like the island Manhattan. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
[Les Autres] I like to be in America! O.K. by me in America! Ev´rything free in America
For a small fee in America!
[Rosalia] I like the city of San Juan.
[Anita] I know a boat you can get on.
[Rosalia] Hundreds of flowers in full bloom.
[Anita] Hundreds of people in each room!
[Toutes] Automobile in America, Chromium steel in America, Wire-spoke wheel in America,
Very big deal in America!
[Rosalia] I´ll drive a Buick through San Juan.
[Anita] If there´s a road you can drive on.
[Rosalia] I´ll give my cousins a free ride.
[Anita] How you get all of them inside?
[Toutes] Immigrant goes to America, Many hellos in America; Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico´s in America!
[Rosalia] I´ll bring a T.V. to San Juan.
[Anita] If there a current to turn on!
[Rosalia] I´ll give them new washing machine.
[Anita] What have they got there to keep clean?
[Toutes] I like the shores of America! Comfort is yours in America! Knobs on the doors in America,
Wall-to-wall floors in America!
[Rosalia] When I will go back to San Juan.
[Anita] When you will shut up and get gone?
[Rosalia] Everyone there will give big cheer!
[Anita] Everyone there will have moved here!
Traduction
[Rosalia] Porto Rico, Magnifique archipel… Île aux embruns tropicaux. Éternelle culture de l’ananas,