ROSALIA:
Puerto Rico...
You lovely island...
Island of tropical breezes
Always the pineapples growing,
Always the coffee blossoms blowing...
ANITA: (sarcastically)
Puerto Rico...
You ugly island...
Island of tropic diseases
Always the hurricanes blowing,
Always the population growing...
And the money owing,
And the babies crying,
And the bullets flying.
I like the island Manhattan--
Smoke on your pipe and put that in!
ALL (except ROSALIA):
I like to be in America!
Okay by me in America!
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America!
ROSALIA:
I like the city of San Juan--
ANITA:
I know a boat you can get on
ROSALIA:
Hundreds of flowers in full bloom--
ANITA:
Hundreds of people in each room!
ALL (except ROSALIA):
Automobile in America
Chromium steel in America
Wire-spoke wheel in America--
Very big deal in America!
ROSALIA:
I'll drive a Buick through San Juan--
ANITA:
If there's a road you can drive on
ROSALIA:
I'll give my cousins a free ride--
ANITA:
How you get all of them inside?
ALL (except ROSALIA):
Immigrant goes to America
Many hellos in America
Nobody knows in America
Puerto Rico's in America!
ROSALIA:
When I will go back to San Juan--
ANITA:
When you will shut up and get gone?
ROSALIA:
I'll give them new washing machine--
ANITA:
What have they got there to keep clean?
ALL (except ROSALIA):
I like the shores of America
Comfort is yours in America
Knobs on the doors in America
Wall-to-wall floors in America!
ROSALIA:
I'll bring a TV to San Juan--
ANITA:
If there's a current to turn on
ROSALIA:
Everyone there will give big cheer!
ANITA:
Everyone there will have moved here!