Some songs in Spanish named Trompo that reference the spinning of a top:
El Trompo:
The lyrics are from Bolivian poet Oscar Alfano (1921-1963):
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Lanzado por un cintillo
Cayó del cielo serrano
El iris como un ovillo
para bailar en mi mano.
Y el trompo suelta collares
De notas y de rumores.
Las notas se hacen colores
Y los colores, cantares.
Es un clarísimo prisma
Y un remolino que ronda
Como una canción redonda
Que gira sobre sí misma.
Y por un sólo momento
Yo soy un Dios soberano
Que hace bailar en su mano
El trompo inmenso del mundo.
This is the translation:
Thrown by a cord it fell from the mountain sky
the iris like a ball to dance in my hand.
And the top releases necklaces of notes and rumors
the notes make colors and the colors sing
It is a very clear prism and a whirlpool that circles
like a round song that turns on itself
And for a single second I am a sovereign god
that makes the immense top of the world dance in his hand.
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This one from group El Recodo (1994) sounds like a Merengue to me:
"Ohé, ohé, oh baila,
como bailan los trompos
aunque la gente diga
que estamos todos locos"
This one is definitely a merengue by Arnaldo, "Cabuya Pa tu Trompo" (the lyrics only mention Trompo with double entendre, but the cover does have a top):
Changing gears, some heavy rock from Spanish band Barricada (2002,
lyrics):
