"Mambo! Salsa!..." lyrics

Mambo if you're down with Tito Puente
Salsa if you're down with Celia Cruz
Music from Cuba still a life force
Pumping down the avenues

Mambo if your life has come to a standstill
When you find it hard to work the angles
Celia and Tito have the answers
When your life is a total shambles

Mambo!
Salsa!
Mambo!
Salsa!

All around the world the people listen
To Yma Sumac live in Moscow
Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren
Had fun with the Mambo Italiano

Rhumba in the streets of old Havana
Si Timbero Mayor Los Van Van
Feel the congas and timbales
Reminding us we're only human

Mambo if you're down with Tito Puente
Salsa if you're down with Celia Cruz
Music from Cuba still a life force
Spread the message, spread the news

Mambo!
Salsa!
Mambo!
Salsa!

Miguelito Cuni sings the ad libs
Juan Pablo sings of Puertopadre
Play it Rubi, play it Jesus!
Sweet Arturo that's it, hey!

I beg you to go to Cayo Huesa
Pueblo Nueva San Leopaldo
Hear the tres with strings of gold
There's no cure for the great guaguanco!

Gentlemen there's no one who isn't dancing
Sing for joy, enjoy your life
Agapito make me happy
Tambor tambor make me cry

Water, water here for the drum fiesta
They don't want to stop it's a Cuban jam
Mambo Salsa Maracaibo
Enjoy your life while you can

Dancing right away without preamble
Even if your second wife's hard to handle
And you're all caught up in a shocking scandal
Salsa, Maracaido, Guaguanco, Mambo!

Salsa!
Rhumba!
Mambo!
Salsa!