South America, baba-loo, baba-loo, ay-ee-eh, baba-loo
Amerika Selatan, baba-loo, baba-loo, ay-ee-eh, baba-loo
One favor you can do, ay-ee-eh, you can do
Salah satu yang bisa Anda lakukan, ay-ee-eh, bisa Anda lakukan
You beautiful lands below
Anda tanah yang indah di bawah ini
Don't know what you began
Tidak tahu apa yang Anda mulai
To put it plainly, I'm tired of shakin'
Singkatnya, saya bosan dengan shakin ‘
To that Pan-American plan
Untuk rencana Pan-Amerika itu

Take back your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay!, your Conga, ay-yi-yi!
Bawa kembali Samba, ay !, Rumba Anda, ay !, Conga Anda, ay-yi-yi!
I can't keep movin', ay!, my chassis, ay!, any longer, ay-yi-yi!
Aku tidak bisa terus movin ‘, ay !, chassis saya, ay !, lagi, ay-yi-yi!
Now maybe Latins, ay!, in their middles, ay!, are built stronger, ay-yi-yi!
Sekarang mungkin orang Latin, ay !, di middles mereka, ay !, dibangun lebih kuat, ay-yi-yi!
But all this takin' to the quakin' and this makin' with the shakin' leaves me achin', olé!
Tapi semua ini masuk ke kuakin ‘dan ini semakin’ dengan shakin ‘membuatku paham, ol & eacute ;!

First shake around and settle there
Pertama goyangkan dan menetap di sana
Then you shake around and settle here
Kemudian Anda berguncang dan menetap di sini
Then you shake around and settle there
Kemudian Anda bergoyang-goyang dan menetap di sana
That's enough, that's enough
Itu sudah cukup, itu sudah cukup
Take it back, my spine's outta-whack
Ambil kembali, tulang belakang saya keluar-mendera
There's a strange click-clack
Ada gonggongan klik yang aneh
In the back of my sacroilliac
Di bagian belakang sacroilliac saya

Take back your Conga, ay!, your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay-yi-yi!
Ambil kembali Conga Anda, ay !, Samba Anda, ay !, Rumba Anda, ay-yi-yi!
Why can't you send us, ay!, a less strenu-, ay!, -ous number, ay-yi-yi!
Mengapa Anda tidak bisa mengirim kami, ay !, sedikit, bahkan, ayu-yi-yi!
I got more bumps now, ay!, than on a, ay!, cucumber, ay-yi-yi!
Aku punya lebih banyak benjolan sekarang, ay !, daripada pada, ay !, mentimun, ay-yi-yi!
While all those Latin drums are cloppin', like a Jumpin' Jack I'm hoppin' without stoppin', olé!
Sementara semua drum latin itu cloppin ‘, seperti Jumpin’ Jack aku hoppin ‘tanpa stoppin’, ol & eacute ;!
South America, take it away
Amerika Selatan, bawa pergi

First you shake around and settle there (where?)
Pertama Anda goyang dan menetap di sana (di mana?)
Then you shake around and settle here (oh, there)
Kemudian Anda bergoyang-goyang dan menetap di sini (oh, disana)
And then you shake around and settle there (why Bing!)
Dan kemudian Anda goyang dan menetap di sana (mengapa Bing!)
That's enough, that's enough
Itu sudah cukup, itu sudah cukup
Take it back, my spine's outta-whack
Ambil kembali, tulang belakang saya keluar-mendera
There's a strange click-clack
Ada gonggongan klik yang aneh
In the back of my sacroilliac
Di bagian belakang sacroilliac saya
Oh, my achin' back
Oh, achin saya kembali

Take back your Conga, ay!, your Samba, ay!, your Rumba, ay-yi-yi!
Ambil kembali Conga Anda, ay !, Samba Anda, ay !, Rumba Anda, ay-yi-yi!
Bring back the old days, ay!, of dancing I remember, ay-yi-yi!
Bawa kembali masa lalu, ay!, Menari aku ingat, ay-yi-yi!
My hips are cracking, I am shrieking “Ay-Carumba!”, ay-yi-yi!
Pinggulku retak, aku menjerit “Ay-Carumba!”, Ay-yi-yi!
I got a wriggle and a diddle and a jiggle like a fiddle in my middle, olé!
Aku terjepit dan mendayung dan bergoyang-goyang seperti biola di tengahku, ol & eacute ;!
This fancy swishin' im
Ini swishin mewah ‘im