La paloma song by nana mouskouri biography
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La Paloma and its haunting beauty
This haunting song is used to great effect in the movie “Juarez” (in1939, the same year that “Gone with the Wind” appeared). It is also used in the movie “Das Boot” and the tough German submariners love it. There are many versions of this song’s lyrics. Mine is only one of them. Depending on who’s singing you might get a different version of the words. I have tried to include several recordings: Nana Mouskouri’s is one of the best. The version used in the Juarez movie comes near the end of the movie, just before the Emperor Maximilian and his wife meet their sad fates. People seem to either love or hate Julio Iglesias. I don’t know why anyone could hate him–he puts so much passion into a song.
1. Cuando salí de la Habana
When I left Havana
2 ¡Válgame Dios!
God help me!
3. Nadie me ha visto salir
No one saw me leave
4. si no fui yo
if not myself.
5. y una linda guachinanga
And a pretty guachinanga.
6. como una flor
like a flower
7. se vino detrás de mí.
who came after me.
8. ¡Que sí, señor!
Oh yes, Sir!
CHORUS
9 Si a tu ventana
If to your window
10 llega una paloma,
a dove arrives
trátala con cariño
treat it with affection
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Nana Mouskouri
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Nana Mouskouri (Greek: Νάνα Μούσχουρη, born Ioanna Mouskouri at October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece) is a Greek singer and politician. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child. She is the world's highest-selling female recording artist, having sold over 300 million albums in fifteen languages, including Greek, French, English, Spanish, Italian, German, Latin, and Portuguese, over 450 albums. She is France's number one selling artist. She is noted for her trademark black-rimmed eyeglasses and her songs of melancholy, longing, and sentimental musings… read more
Nana Mouskouri (Greek: Νάνα Μούσχουρη, born Ioanna Mouskouri at October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece) is a Greek singer and politician. She was known as Nana to her friends and family… read more
Nana Mouskouri (Greek: Νάνα Μούσχουρη, born Ioanna Mouskouri at October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece) is a Greek singer and politician. She was known as Nana to her friends and family as a child. She is the world's highest-s… read more
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