| En una fonda chiquita
| In a small inn
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| Que parecía restaurante
| that looked like a restaurant
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| Me fui a comer unos tacos
| I went to eat some tacos
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| Por que ya me andaba de hambre
| Because I was already hungry
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| Ya ven que hambre es canija
| You see how hungry is little
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| Pero más el que la aguante
| But more the one who endures
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| Se me arrimo una morena
| I was approached by a brunette
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| Que estaba reque-tres piedras
| That was required-three stones
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| Me dijo que se le ofrece
| He told me that she offers him
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| Puede pedir lo que quiera
| She can ask what he wants
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| Señor estoy pa' servirle
| Lord, I'm here to serve you
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| Aquí yo soy la mesera
| Here I am the waitress
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| Cuando mire aquella joven
| When I look at that young woman
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| Se me olvidaron lo tacos
| I forgot the tacos
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| Le dije traiga cerveza
| I told him bring beer
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| De pollo sirva dos platos
| Serve two plates of chicken
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| Y usted se sienta conmigo
| and you sit with me
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| Pa' divertirnos un rato
| To have fun for a while
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| Le pregunte eres casada
| I asked her are you married
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| Y me dijo no vivo sola
| And she told me I don't live alone
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| Pero antes de que le sigas
| But before you follow him
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| Hecha a tocar la pianola
| Made to play the pianola
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| Nomás' le pones un peso
| You just put a weight on it
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| Por que esa no toca sola
| because that doesn't play alone
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| No se ni cuantas tomamos
| I don't even know how many we took
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| Yo y mi amiga la mesera
| Me and my friend the waitress
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| El caso es que hasta
| The thing is that even
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| Bailamos a punto de borrachera
| We dance to the point of drunkenness
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| Bailamos la cucaracha
| We dance the cockroach
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| Y creo que hasta la rielera
| And I think even the rielera
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| Ya cuando se hizo de noche
| Already when it was night
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| Le dije a que hora nos vamos
| I told him what time we're leaving
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| Me dijo no chiquitito
| She told me no little one
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| En eso si no quedamos
| In that if we don't stay
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| Pero si traes dinerito
| But if you bring little money
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| Hasta una polka bailamos | We even danced a polka |