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Inspired by Boricua En La Luna, Words by Juan Antonio Corretjer, music by Roy Brown.

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A Puerto Rican On The Moon

Apollo landed there in 1969
There was nobody else there at the time
Nowadays if you want your own place
You gotta travel to outer space
So you take a Puerto Rican family
Bring along the salsa and the rice and beans
And the moon would be as happy as a place could be
Dancing every night.

Chorus:
I'm a Puerto Rican on the moon
I'm a Puerto Rican here,
I'm a Puerto Rican there,
I'm a Puerto Rican everywhere.
A Puerto Rican on the moon.

So here I am living here in the USA
Second generation and I'm here to stay
They don't speak Spanish here in the States
I had to learn my Spanish from china plates
But half a Puerto Rican is better than none
Tells my Irish side to chill out, have fun
You're as crazy cool as anyone.
Dancing every night.
(chorus)

Look up in the sky and say, Oh Man
They're still playing their music as loud as they can
Puerto Rico is a postage stamp here below
But up on the moon, Puerto Ricans run the show.
(chorus twice to end)

@2012 by Michael Gutierrez-May

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from Carrots, Geese and the Dead Leprechaun, track released July 4, 2012
Bass guitar by Eric Gulliksen, recorded by Eric Gulliksen at Catbird Cafe, New England Wildlife Center.

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Michael Gutierrez-May Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Gutierrez-May has been involved in folk and acoustic music since the early 1980's and has been writing songs since he was 16 years old. Now some 40 years later, Michael has a five song CD/EP, Fifty Miles Away and a digital EP titled Carrots, Geese and the Dead Leprechaun He has also released two singles for purchase here, I Will Miss You When You Go and Taliesen produced by Stuart Epps. ... more

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