Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. Their music is a… Read Full Bio ↴Voodoo Glow Skulls are an underground third-wave ska band. Their music is a mixture of old-style ska, punk and metal. The band formed in 1988 in Riverside, California by brothers Frank, Eddie and Jorge Casillas and their longtime friend Jerry O'Neill. The Voodoo Glow Skulls practiced for two years in a sweaty back bedroom/practice space until they forged a taut unit that performed with demonic intensity and a demented sense of humor. Backyard parties spread the gospel of Voodoo Glow Skulls; when Spanky's Cafe' opened they played now-legendary shows with the Angry Samoans, Mighty Mighty Bosstones and The Dickies.

Cielito Lindo
Voodoo Glow Skulls Lyrics

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De la sierra morena
Cielito lindo, vienen bajando
Un par de ojitos negros
Cielito lindo, de contrabando

Ese lunar que tienes
Cielito lindo, junto a la boca
No se lo des a nadie

Cielito lindo, porque a mí me toca
A mí me toca

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Una flecha en el aire
Cielito lindo, tiró Cupido
Él la tiro jugando
Cielito lindo, y a mí me ha herido

De domingo a domingo
Cielito lindo, te vengo a ver
¿Cuándo será domingo
Cielito lindo, para volver?
Para volver

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Cielito lindo, los corazones
Cielito lindo, los corazones
Cielito lindo

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

Ay-ay-ay-ay
Canta y no llores
Porque cantando se alegran
Cielito lindo, los corazones

That's it man, we're out of here
Fuck this, let's go

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Voodoo Glow Skulls’s “Cielito Lindo” are a combination of classic Mexican folk song lyrics and punk rock sounds. Translated to English, the song tells the story of a man enamored with a woman who he is seeing in secret when she comes down from the mountains. The singer is entranced by her “pair of black eyes, smuggled down” from the Sierra Morena. He describes a mole near her mouth that he wants to keep secret and not share with anyone else. The chorus is a repeated exhortation to sing and not cry because singing makes the heart glad.

The second stanza tells a fable of Cupid shooting an arrow for fun that hits the singer, causing him to fall in love with this woman. The third stanza is a plea to see her every week and to return to her. The chorus is repeated three times at the end of the song, with an added repetition of “Cielito lindo, los corazones” (beautiful little one, the hearts) as a final flourish.

Line by Line Meaning

De la sierra morena
From the dark mountains

Cielito lindo, vienen bajando
Beautiful little one, they come down

Un par de ojitos negros
A pair of black little eyes

Cielito lindo, de contrabando
Beautiful little one, smuggled

Ese lunar que tienes
That mole you have

Cielito lindo, junto a la boca
Beautiful little one, by the mouth

No se lo des a nadie
Don't give it to anyone

Cielito lindo, porque a mí me toca
Beautiful little one, because it's my turn

Ay-ay-ay-ay
A cry of joy and celebration

Canta y no llores
Sing and don't cry

Porque cantando se alegran
Because singing makes hearts happy