Spanish Rice

Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill

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Oye, Clark, ¿vamos a almorzar? Yeah, man, I'm ready, I'm hungry as a bite of mule Bueno, ¿a dónde te gustaría ir? Well, let's go up Harlem, man, let's go up to Fat Mama's Soul Food Ven acá, ¿no quieres ir al foro de los Twelve Caesars? No, man, no, no, no Caesars, baby ¿Qué tal a la Fonda del Soul? Fonda del Soul? They ain't got no soul there, man Bueno, bueno, y entonces, a dónde quieres ir entonces? Uptown, I'm tryin' to tell you, man, I got a cab waitin' out here Spanish rice is the thing Oye, sí, tío, muy buena idea, ¿cuál es la receta del spanish rice? Spanish rice, man? Oh, man, it's a gas You get you a big batch of rice and You cook it up, you boil it, you dig? Mhm Then you sauté the onions and you get your Green pepper and chop it up real fine And get you some celery too, chop it up the same way Wow And then you get you some oil and you mix all this jive up You don't have to use oil if you don't want A lot of people use fatback, you know? Oh, you can eat some rice And you put some mushrooms in there too, get some tomato sauce And some of that paprika, make it nice and red and covered, you know Get some hot peppers and Tabasco, you know, some salt And you grind up some beef in there Wow, wow, wow And get you some oregano and man, you talk About some crazy eatin', ooh-wee, man Yo estoy listo ya, cuando tú quieras Can't wait 'til you taste it, come on, let's go Tú quiere' vamo' Cab waitin' out here now Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right Party right