La Bamba

So I often have people asking me a lot of questions about Francisco and I's marriage and the language aspect of our relationship...so I thought I would blog every now and then about some funny things that happen in a Spanish speaking home. Anywhere here is my first realization.

So in our first months of marriage, I am not sure why but I started singing La Bamba around the house. Francisco proceeded to ask me what words I was singing....of course I responded with "la la la la bamba" (and I stopped because that was all the words I really knew). He laughed and of course I thought it was just at my singing, but when in reality he told me that the song did not begin with "la la la la Bamba" and that those were actually words that meant something. So all this while I grew up (and I am sure most of you too) thinking that it was "la la la la Bamba" when in all actuality the "la la la la Bamba" is "Para bailar la Bamba"...which means "in order to dance La Bamba".

Anyway, sorry if this wasn't funny to any of you, but to me it was hilarious. Let me know next time I see you Francisco and I can sing it for you...it totally sounds alike. Here are the lyrics below for anyone who cares.

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Y arriba y arriba
Ay arriba y arriba
Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere

Yo no soy marinero
Yo no soy marinero, soy capitan
Soy capitan, soy capitan

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Ay y arriba y arriba

Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba
Se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia pa mi pa ti
Y arriba y arribaAy arriba y arriba
Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere

Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba
Bamba, bamba