Manolo Escobar "La monja mora" lyrics

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La monja mora

Una morita, una moritaque quería ser cristiana,a bautizarse, a bautizarsela trajeron hasta España.La bautizaron, la bautizaroncon el nombre de María.Y ya no quiere, y ya no quiereregresar a morería.Cuando le dieron la sal del bautismo,dijo la mora con gran alegría:Ya pertenezco a la casa de Cristo.

Ay mora, morita, mora,mora de la moreríaCristiana por los honoresde Jesús y de María.Y le llama todo el mundola morita bautizá.Y se va a meter a monja,monja de la caridad.Ay mora, morita, mora,monja por su voluntad.

En el convento. En el conventola morita ya no es mora.Y se le llama, y se le llamaSor María la española.Porque en España, porque en Españael bautismo se lo dieron.Y es una hermana, y es una hermanacon muchísimo salero.Cuando le hicieron la cruz en la frente,dijo la mora: Me siento cristianapara servir a Jesús, penitente.

The moor nun

A little moor, a little moorwho wanted to be Christian,to baptize, to baptizethey brought her to Spain.They baptized her, they baptized herwith the name of Mary.And she no longer, and she no longerwants to return to Moorish lands.When they gave her the salt of the baptism,the moor said with great joy:I belong to Jesus home.

Oh moor, little moor,moor of Moorish landsChristian by the honorsof Jesus and Mary.And everybody call herthe baptized moor.And she's becoming a nun,nun of charity.Oh moor, little moor,nun by her will.

In the nunnery. In the nunnerythe moor is no longer a moor.And she's called, and she's calledSister Mary the spaniard.Because in Spain, because in Spainshe was baptized.And she's a sister, and she's a sisterwith lots of grace.When they did the cross in her forehead,the moor said: I feel christianto serve Jesus, as a penitent.

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