Babalu

Babaluuuuuu
Babalu
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babaluaaaaye
The wake is starting
What do we do for Babalu
Give me seventeen candles
Oh, to put it in a cross.
And give me a piece of Mayenye tobacco
And a little jug of aguardiente,
Give me a little money Mayenye
So that I have luck.
CHORUS
I want to ask
That my black man loves me
That he has money
And that he doesn't die
Oh! I want to ask Babalu
Oh! a very holy black man like you
That he doesn't have another black man
And that he loves me.
Oh Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Chango-abalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Oh give me seventeen candles to soak a foot
Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Oh babababa that drool that drool Babalu aye
Babalu aye
Babalu aye