Rosa's Coronas

Album: Rosaryville (1999)
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  • Como estas?
    My name is Rosa and like my mother before me
    Everyday I roll cigars and they're the finest in the world
    To pass the time the reader reads about the violence in America
    And I pray for my daughter and her baby girl

    Late one night they took a boat ninety miles from Havana
    To escape the only life I've ever known
    She could have been just like me, a well-respected working woman
    Who believes in her country and her home

    And I wonder as I roll where will each one go
    Will they land in the hands of kings and presidents
    It's an art, it's a skill, and some would even kill
    Just for one of Rosa's coronas

    It's everywhere in the news that John Paul is on his way
    And for years I've longed to see the Holy Father's parade
    We've been told not to go or production falls behind
    But I know the quota won't be made that day

    Writer/s: KATHRYN CAMPBELL
    Publisher: CONEXION MEDIA GROUP, INC.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Joel from Montreal, CanadaIn his song "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard," Paul Simon says "Goodbye Rosie, queen of Corona" ... think there's any connection?
  • Helen from South Shields, EnglandJust saw her perform again in Wallsend last Sat - wow is the only word i can find. To add, she wanted to wrote about Cuba, as she has always been fascinated that it is so close to Anmerica but so far away in terms of walls borders and divisions, somehting else Kate is interested in.
    She saw a program on CBS about the cigar rollers in Cuba and that became her song.
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