El Canoero
Los Warahuaco Lyrics
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Que rema y rema
Yo soy el canoero que rema y rema
Que rema y rema
Buscando la más linda
Que es mi morena
La busco para darle
Cositas buenas
Yo salgo del rio Silu
(Rio abajo compa)
Y sigo por el San Jorge
Mirando de playa en playa
Todas las huellas que dejas tu
Mirando de playa en playa
Todas las huellas que dejas tu
Me deslizo por el cauca
Y bajo hasta el Magdalena
Llego a bocas de ceniza
Y no encuentro a mi morena
Llego a bocas de ceniza
Y no encuentro a mi morena
Playera playera (mi playerita)
Porque es que te vas (mi playerita)
Con quien tú te vas (mi playerita)
A donde te vas (mi playerita)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
(Prrr cumbia)
Yo soy el canoero que rema y rema
Que rema y rema
Yo soy el canoero que rema y rema
Que rema y rema
Buscando la más linda
Que es mi morena
La busco para darle
Cositas buenas
Me deslizo por el Cauca
Y bajo hasta el Magdalena
Llego a bocas de ceniza
Y no encuentro a mi morena
Llego a bocas de ceniza
Y no encuentro a mi morena
Yo diviso en alta mar
La espuma que deja el barco
Seguro que se me lleva
La mujercita que quiero tanto
Seguro que se me lleva
La mujercita que quiero tanto
Playera playera (mi playerita)
A donde te vas (mi playerita)
Y vas a Buena aventura (mi playerita)
O te vas a Panamá (mi playerita)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Este pobre canoero (se va a matar)
Los Warahuaco's song El Canoero tells the story of a canoeist who is tirelessly searching for his beloved woman. The song expresses the man's love and dedication towards his woman by declaring himself as a canoeist who keeps on paddling and traveling across different rivers, looking for his lady. He looks for her in different places like the Rio Silu and San Jorge, but every time he reaches a new destination he is disappointed to find out that his woman is not there. He even imagines that his woman might be on a ship in the high seas, leaving him behind. The song concludes with the man lamenting his situation, fearing that he will never find his love and possibly meeting his death in the process.
The lyrics of this song depict the hardworking and passionate character of a Colombian man trying to find his woman. The song showcases the purposeful and tireless journey of the man through different rivers and seas to locate his Lady, despite being left heartbroken every time he finds out that she is not there. The lyrics also narrate the pain and fear of a man who fears he may never reunite with his true love. The use of the repetition of lines like "Que rema y rema" emphasizes the devotion and persistence of the man towards finding his woman.
Line by Line Meaning
Yo soy el canoero que rema y rema
The singer is a man who rows tirelessly in search of his beloved.
Que rema y rema
He row continuously as he searches.
Buscando la más linda
He's looking for the most beautiful woman in his life.
Que es mi morena
This woman he is searching for is his beloved morena.
La busco para darle
He's looking for her to give her
Cositas buenas
Some good things.
Yo salgo del rio Silu
He leaves from the river Silu
(Rio abajo compa)
He goes downstream along with his companions
Y sigo por el San Jorge
Then he continues on the San Jorge river
Mirando de playa en playa
Looking on every beach for any trace of her
Todas las huellas que dejas tu
Checking each footprints left along the way
Me deslizo por el cauca
Sliding for a while along the Cauca
Y bajo hasta el Magdalena
Then, down to Magdalena
Llego a bocas de ceniza
He arrives at the mouth of Ashes, a place in Barranquilla.
Y no encuentro a mi morena
But sadly, he doesn't find his morena
Playera playera
This song calls out to his lost playera.
(mi playerita)
Which is his little shirt or his beloved.
Porque es que te vas
Why did you leave?
Con quien tú te vas
Who did you leave with?
A donde te vas
Where did you go?
Este pobre canoero
He is a poor man, just a canoeist
(se va a matar)
He'll die if he doesn't find her.
Yo diviso en alta mar
He sees a ship on high seas
La espuma que deja el barco
He sees the foam that the ship leaves behind.
Seguro que se me lleva
He feels his beloved is taken away by that ship.
La mujercita que quiero tanto
He loves this small woman
Playera playera
This song calls out to his lost playera.
(mi playerita)
Which is his little shirt or his beloved.
A donde te vas
Where did you go?
Y vas a Buena aventura
Are you going to Buena Aventura?
(mi playerita)
Which is his little shirt or his beloved.
O te vas a Panamá
Or are you going to Panama?
Este pobre canoero
He is a poor man, just a canoeist
(se va a matar)
He'll die if he doesn't find her.
Writer(s): Isaac Villanueva Mendoza
Contributed by Nathaniel I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@eugeniovaicilla2610
Que. Hermosa. Música.
Tan. Linnnda
Recuerdo. De. Mi. Niñez. Con. Mi. Lindo. Padre. Íbamos. A.
La. Costa. A. Quininde. Y. Allá es esa. Música. Linda. Luego en la. Canoa rumbo a. Mi hermoso. Rio. Canande.
Muy. Lindo
Felicitaciones. A mis hermanos. Colombiano por ser. Tan felices. Cuando. Cantan. Cuando. Nos. Atiende en. Todo. Son. Buen. Amables. Altruistas.
Atentos
Y. Ellos. No. Tienen. Vergüenza. Cómo. Nosotros. Ellos. Se. Lanzan. A la. Vida
Que. Viva esa. Vida
@dairogonzalbes9411
Soy Colombiano radicado en Europa, cuando me siento solo y triste vengo aquí a volar mi imaginación a mi país que no lo cambio por nada, la música colombiana es vida y extraño eso
@stefannyhernandez9252
Yo también hago lo mismo!!!
@juniorribeiro3630
Sou Brasileiro porém a Colômbia tem o melhor ritmo da América do sul. Saludos de Brasil a los hermanos de Colômbia.
@joseantoniorodriguezvelasq8100
Saludos y bendiciones desde Colombia al pueblo brasileño.
@juniorribeiro3630
Obrigado amigo !!!!!
@alexanderhiguitagamboa6270
Un abrazo
@juniorribeiro3630
@@alexanderhiguitagamboa6270 obrigado irmão !!!!
@orlandoorlasaliasorlans1065
Desde El Norte de medellin
@williamninoleal3165
COLOMBIA PAÍS DE LOS 1.000 RITMOS EN FOLKLORE;HONOR Y GLORIA A SUS ARTISTAS.
@julian-ze4ny
esto si buena musica mejor que la musica de hoy en dia