Check out David Palomar’s bulerías version of the popular Spanish Christmas song Alegría, Alegría, Alegría below followed by a verse from the song and its translation.

Here the first verse from the version David Palomar sings in the video above at Peña Flamenca Agustín Fernández in Pozoblanco in the province of Córdoba:

from Alegría, Alegría, Alegría (Joy, Joy Joy)
Traditional

Todos le llevan al niño
yo no tengo que llevarle
le llevaré el corazón
que le sirva de pañales.

Everybody brings something for the child
I have nothing to bring him
I will bring him my heart
which will act as diapers.

Hear Chonchi Heredia’s rumba version here.

You can find other versions of this song in full here and here and here.

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