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Here on the beach,
how Maria enjoys herself
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Here on the beach,
Maria, howyou excite me
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I was born in 1907
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On the coast, by the sea.
In Siboney
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I lived there with my father
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He was a train driver,
in the magnesium mines
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I lived in Siboney
until the age of nine
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That's when my grandmother died
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Then I moved to Santiago de Cuba
with my brothers
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I wasn't allowed to leave Siboney
until my grandmother died
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She put it this way:
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"Until I die, my grandson..."
that's me "... cannot leave my side"
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I used to light her cigars
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I was only five
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And she'd say "Light me a cigar"
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And I did, from the age of five
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I'd light it, and my grandmother
would smoke it
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So, you could say I've been
smoking for 85 years