Ooh - soy marinero Ooh - soy marinero* When I was a boy I would always dream about the sea I could picture myself on a sailing ship With the sun shining down on me Looking through my history books for adventure and happiness As in how to discover America Through Columbus and through Cortes But life is a tombolita, so be what you want to be And love is a senorita waiting across the sea Soy marinero - amante de vida No tengo dinero - pero mucho amor Soy marinero - gitano de la onda Soy el rico senador el viajador del agua** Soon I was a bigger boy and I was certain to be a man For I would look at the girls in a different way And they all seemed to understand Looking out of my classroom window Gazing across the sea I would say to myself in a deeper voice "The sea is the place for me" For life is a tombolita, so be what you want to be And love is a senorita waiting across the sea (Repeat chorus) Ooh - soy marinero Oooh - soy marinero Para todas las chicas - hay un marinero*** Ooh - soy marinero Oooh - soy marinero But life is a tombolita, so be what you want to be And love is a senorita waiting across the sea (Repeat chorus twice) Soy el rico senador el viajador del agua Soy el rico senador el viajador marinero!