| The old man Santiago didn't catch a fish for days
| El viejo Santiago no atrapó un pez en días
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| He returned unhappy and was pretty damn ashamed
| Regresó infeliz y estaba bastante avergonzado.
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| He tells his grandson Manolin about this one last move
| Le cuenta a su nieto Manolín sobre este último movimiento.
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| Manolin thinks to himself, "this is grandpa's groove"
| Manolin piensa para sí mismo, "este es el ritmo del abuelo"
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| So on the 85th day of his unlucky streak
| Entonces, en el día 85 de su mala racha
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| He caught a marlin, draggin' forth his boat down the stream
| Atrapó un marlín, arrastrando su bote río abajo
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| Santiago's friends they caught the fish with his harpoon
| Los amigos de Santiago atraparon el pez con su arpón
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| The marlin thought to himself, "this is grandpa's groove"
| El marlín pensó para sí mismo, "este es el ritmo del abuelo"
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| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
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| Ba-da-ba-da, bow, uhm
| Ba-da-ba-da, arco, uhm
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| Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
| Da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
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| Yeah this is grandpa's groove
| Sí, este es el ritmo del abuelo
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| Everyone they were screaming out
| Todos estaban gritando
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| "That was grandpa's groove"
| "Ese era el ritmo del abuelo"
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| So on the 85th day of his unlucky streak
| Entonces, en el día 85 de su mala racha
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| He caught a marlin, draggin' forth his boat down the stream
| Atrapó un marlín, arrastrando su bote río abajo
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| Santiago's friends they caught the fish with his harpoon
| Los amigos de Santiago atraparon el pez con su arpón
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| The marlin thought to himself, "this is grandpa's groove"
| El marlín pensó para sí mismo, "este es el ritmo del abuelo"
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| The marlin died a bloody death, along came many sharks
| El marlín murió de muerte sangrienta, llegaron muchos tiburones
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| They attacked the fisherman, but couldn't kill this spark
| Atacaron al pescador, pero no pudieron matar esta chispa.
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| When he came home with the skeleton of the marlin as his proof
| Cuando llegó a casa con el esqueleto del marlín como prueba
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| Everyone was screaming out, "this is grandpa's groove"
| Todo el mundo estaba gritando, "este es el ritmo del abuelo"
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| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
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| Ba-da-ba-da, bow
| Ba-da-ba-da, arco
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| Mmm da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
| Mmm da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
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| Yeah this is grandpa's groove
| Sí, este es el ritmo del abuelo
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| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
| Ba-ba-ba-ba, ba-da-ba
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| Ba-da-ba-da, bow
| Ba-da-ba-da, arco
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| Mmm da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
| Mmm da-ba-da-buh-di-buh
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| Yeah this is grandpa's groove
| Sí, este es el ritmo del abuelo
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| Ooh la-la-la, la-lam-pi-dam
| Ooh la-la-la, la-lam-pi-dam
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| Yeah grandpa got those moves
| Sí, el abuelo tiene esos movimientos
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| And everyone were screaming out
| Y todos estaban gritando
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| "This is grandpa's groove" | "Este es el ritmo del abuelo" |