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"Buscando Guayaba" is a salsa song from Oliver & Company, performed by Rubén Blades. It is heard playing on Fagin's radio while Tito is dancing, and again on the Foxworths' boom box when Tito is teaching Georgette how to dance near the end of the film. The song title means "Looking For a Guava" in Spanish. The actual lyrics to this song are not heard in the movie, just the "solo de boca" (mouth solo), but they can be heard on the film's soundtrack.

Lyrics[]

Me fui pal' monte buscando guayaba,
Por la vereda del ocho y el dos;
Y aunque encontré una casa dorada,
Esa guayaba no la hallaba yo.
Mucho he viajado por todo el mundo,
Y nunca, y nunca pude encontrar
Una guayaba que me gustara
Y detuviera mi caminar.
Y aunque encontré una casa dorada,
Esa guayaba no pude hallar.

Buscando guayaba ando yo, (¿cómo?)
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.

Una guayaba, salve morena,
Una guayaba que esté bien buena.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.
Bururú-barará, ¿dónde va Miguel?
Bururú-barará, fue a buscar también guayaba.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.
Que pero, que tenga mucho mendo, pero
Que tenga, que tenga muchísimo sabor.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.
Busco una guayaba, busco una guayaba, busco una guayaba,
Por la vereda del ocho y el dos.
Buscando guayaba ando yo,
Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo.

¡Rinquin!
¡Oye! El guitarrista no vino, así que
Van a tener que soportar
Un solo de boca
¡Afinación! (quín-quín con-con)
(Un-dun-dun-dun-gun-cun-tucum-pin-guntun-pin-pin)
(Tinga-gutun-pin-cun-pin-pon)
(Pin-pin-dupin-un-du-du-dun-tin-tin)
(Tin-tun-niu-uuu-bam-bi-bun)
(Tun-tun-bingri-kundan-kuntun-pinkin-pim-pam-kutin)
(Dondon-pan-gun-tumpan-dun-bin-du)
(Bacun-dagun-din-da-din-dan-gunte-du-du-dun-tin-pan)
(Pin-blen-uman-gunda-gun-du-dun-pim-pam)
(Baaba-tum-ban-badadin-badadu-din-din-tun-tun-tun-tun-pom-bim-bin)

(¡Juega Jimmy!)
(¡Turu!)
(Paru-bau-bababao-pararara-pararara-pararara-tururu-ru-tu)
(Tururu parararaaa...)
(Parara-ruwapa-turú-chau-bao-bao-wao-para-bara-charu-badada-gurururu-woh-woh-tururu)

Que tenga sabor, que tenga mendo,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Guayabita sabanera,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
A tí y a to'ó, que yo quiero una guayaba,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Venga y deme una manito, ¡ay ayúdeme comay!
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Ya la veo que usté', ya la veo que usté' no coje y no dice donde hay,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
¡Dime! Esa guayaba bonita donde la encuentro, ¡ay Dio'!,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Ve que caminando siempre voy andando ¡señor!
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Bururú-barará, ¿dónde va Miguel?
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
¡Ven y ayuda al babalao!, dime donde está que nunca yo la he encontra'o,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
¡Acompáñame, porque puede suceder!
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Que yo encuentre a esa mujer y la aprenda a querer
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
La busco por el monte y por la marqueta.
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
No no no no no no, no te escondas más y aparécete, prieta,
Buscando guayaba ando yo.
Que tenga sabor y que tenga mendo
Buscando guayaba ando yo.

I went to the mountain looking for a guava,
On the sidewalk of eight and two;
And though I found a golden house,
That guava I couldn't find.
I have traveled a lot around the world,
And never, and never I could find
A guava that I liked enough
To make me stop my walking.
And though I found a golden house,
That guava I couldn't find.

I'm looking for a guava, (what?)
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.

A guava, hail dark girl,
A guava that is really good.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.
Bururú-barará, where is Miguel going?
Bururú-barará, he also went to look for guava.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.
That but, that has a lot of zest, but
That has, that has a lot of flavor.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.
I'm looking for a guava, I'm looking for a guava, I'm looking for a guava,
On the sidewalk of eight and two.
I'm looking for a guava,
Let it have flavor, let it have zest.

Rinquin!
Hey! The guitarist didn't come, so
They will have to bear
A mouth solo
Tuning! (quín-quín con-con)
(Un-dun-dun-dun-gun-cun-tucum-pin-guntun-pin-pin)
(Tinga-gutun-pin-cun-pin-pon)
(Pin-pin-dupin-un-du-du-dun-tin-tin)
(Tin-tun-niu-uuu-bam-bi-bun)
(Tun-tun-bingri-kundan-kuntun-pinkin-pim-pam-kutin)
(Dondon-pan-gun-tumpan-dun-bin-du)
(Bacun-dagun-din-da-din-dan-gunte-du-du-dun-tin-pan)
(Pin-blen-uman-gunda-gun-du-dun-pim-pam)
(Baaba-tum-ban-badadin-badadu-din-din-tun-tun-tun-tun-pom-bim-bin)

(¡Play it, Jimmy!)
(¡Turu!)
(Paru-bau-bababao-pararara-pararara-pararara-tururu-ru-tu)
(Tururu parararaaa...)
(Parara-ruwapa-turú-chau-bao-bao-wao-para-bara-charu-badada-gurururu-woh-woh-tururu)

Let it have flavor, let it have zest,
I'm looking for a guava.
Little guava of the savannah,
I'm looking for a guava.
To you and all, that I want a guava,
I'm looking for a guava.
Come and give me a little hand, oh help me comay!
I'm looking for a guava.
I already see that you, I already see that you don't take and don't say where there is,
I'm looking for a guava.
Tell me! That pretty guava where I find it, oh God!
I'm looking for a guava.
See that walking I always walk, sir!
I'm looking for a guava.
Bururú-barará, where is Miguel going?
I'm looking for a guava.
Come and help the babalao! Tell me where it is, I've never found it,
I'm looking for a guava.
Join me, because it can happen!
I'm looking for a guava.
That I find that woman and learn to love her,
I'm looking for a guava.
I look for her on the mountain and on the marqueta,
I'm looking for a guava.
No no no no no no, no more hide and show up, dark girl,
I'm looking for a guava.
Let it have flavor, let it have zest,
I'm looking fo a guava.

v - e - d
Oliver & Company Logo
Media
Oliver & Company • (Soundtrack/Video)
Disney Parks
Fireworks: Wondrous Journeys
Characters
OliverDodgerFaginTitoRitaFrancisEinsteinGeorgetteJenny FoxworthWinstonBill SykesRoscoe and DeSotoLouie the Hot Dog ManAlley DogsPenny (deleted) • Rufus (deleted)
Locations
New York CityFagin's BargeFoxworth ResidenceSykes' Warehouse
Songs
Once Upon a Time in New York CityWhy Should I WorryStreets of GoldPerfect Isn't EasyGood CompanyBuscando Guayaba
See Also
Fagin's ScooterSykes' CadillacFoxworths' Limousine
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