Uploaded November 2012 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Written for my Beautiful Cuban Girlfriend who I once lived with in
Jersey City, New Jersey. Her name is Martiza Juhe and I certainly
Hope She had a Wonderful Life in the Sunshine Summers of Miami.


Daughter of Castro

Once I met a daughter of Castro
Cast out from the island years ago
She was walking alone in the Jersey snow
Looking downward

So I kissed this daughter of Castro
For a Spanish heart can melt the Jersey snow
And I told her of a place beyond the cold
So she came to visit

But when the Cuban rains came
She called her lover by another name
But if a Cuban heart can be saved
Who will take Maritza
To Havana again?

I once loved a daughter of Castro
But I knew in time, she'd have to go
Far from the cold of the Jersey snow
To find the summer

But when the Cuban rains came
I called my lover by another name
For if a Cuban heart can be saved
I'll take Maritza
To Havana one day