Guantanamera 1966

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 13Feb2025
2025

Guantanamera
I care a lot for the lady
My inspiration
Guantanamo's fairest lady
I'm just a man who is trying
To do some good before dying
To ask each man and his brother
To bear no ill t'ward each other
This life will never be hollow
To those who listen and follow
Guantanamera
I care a lot for the lady
My inspiration
Guantanamo's fairest lady
Guantanamera
I write my rhymes to uncover
My secret feelings
The rambling thoughts of your lover
I write my rhymes with no learning
And yet with truth they are burning
But ‘is the world waiting for them?
Or will they all just ignore them?
Have I a poet's illusion
A dream to die in seclusion?
Guantanamera
I write my rhymes to uncover
My secret feelings
The rambling thoughts of your lover
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
A little book on a mountain
The cooling spray of a fountain
Arouse in me an emotion
More than the vast boundless ocean
For there's a wealth beyond measure
In little things that we treasure
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera
Guantanamera, guajira Guantanamera

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Guantanamera 1966
Spanish Lyrics by Jose Marti
English adaptation by Bernard Gasso
© 1966 by Lewis Music Publishing Company Inc.  N.Y.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 13 February 2025 at 08.14
in association with Fred Feild, The Sheet Music Singer
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James Pitt-Payne