Lecuona's Love Songs - Siboney By Ernesto Lecuona

For more of Ernesto Lecuona's Love Songs, please check out    • Lecuona's Love Songs   Ernesto Lecuona (August 6, 1895 -- November 29, 1963) was Cuba's foremost composer and pianist. He has been labelled as Cuba's Chopin because of his exceptional pianistic skills. He was a prolific composer and many of his pop Cuban music has been elevated to classical status. He emigrated to the USA in 1960 and later died in exile in the Canary Islands from an attack of asthma. Siboney is the name of a city in Cuba. The song was originally written by a homesick Lecuona pining for his home in Cuba. The lyrics are also about pining for a lover. Siboney, I love you, I would die for your love. Siboney, your lips are as sweet as honey. Come to me, because I love you and you are a treasure to me. Siboney, the sweet lullaby of the palms makes me think of you. Siboney, you are in my dreams when you are not near. Siboney, if you don't come to me, I shall die brokenhearted. Siboney of my dreams, I will await you anxiously in my hut, for you are my dream of love, Siboney. Hear the echo of my tender cry. Don't get lost on your way through the jungle.