One day I been to a festival Me and me melodious band They were having bacanal They were happy to see the calypsonian (repeat) ♪ Some was playing the tumba Some was singing melodiously But now they wanted a rumba And they beg me shout out my melody And I was singing: oye mi rumba, mi rumba, Mi rumba, mi rumba, mi rumba Pero baile la rumba, oye la rumba Mi rumba de Cahuita, mi rumba chiquitita Una morenita tocando la tumba La otra chiquitita bailando la rumba Pero, oye mi rumba, oye mi rumba Mi rumba de Cahuita, mi rumba de Cahuita Oye mi rumba, mi rumba El mono y la mona, sentada en la grada La mona dijo al mono yo soy tu camarada Pero oye mi rumba; oye mi rumba Mi rumba, mi rumba, mi rumba, Mi rumba de Cahuita, oye mi rumba...