| Esta muchacha me dijo, que la mama le dio un consejo
| This girl told me that her mom gave her some advice
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| El dia que quiera casarse, que se case con un viejo
| The day she wants to get married, she marries an old man
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| Porque el viejo si va a la calle, me tra guanava, me tra manzanas
| Because if the old man goes to the street, he brings me guanava, he brings me apples
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| Cuando regresa viene estropado, viene canzado, y es a dormir en segida
| When he comes back he is damaged, he is exhausted, and he goes to sleep right away
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| Pero el joven se va de rumba, no me tra nada, a media noche viene boracho
| But the young man goes out partying, he doesn't bring me anything, at midnight he comes drunk
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| Como es el chacho a penas llega, es levantando la cortina
| Since he is the boy, as soon as he arrives, he is raising the curtain
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| Ay, es levantando la cortina, es levantando la cortina
| Ay, he's raising the curtain, he's raising the curtain
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| Es levantando la cortina, Ay, es levantando la cortina
| He's raising the curtain, oh, he's raising the curtain
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| «Margarita, te casas conmigo?»
| "Margarita, will you marry me?"
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| «Si mi viejito lindo, mas lindo, si me llevas a bailar con La
| «Yes, my handsome old man, more handsome, if you take me to dance with La
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| Sonora Dinamita. | Dynamite sound. |
| ««A bueno.»
| ""Oh good."
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| Aunque la gente comente, me dijo la seorita
| Although people comment, the lady told me
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| Si me caso con un viejo, sarna con gusto no pica
| If I marry an old man, scabies gladly does not itch
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| Sarna con gusto no pica, si pica no mortifica
| Scabies gladly does not itch, if it itches it does not mortify
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| Fue la prose que me dijo, lastima la seorita
| It was the prose that he told me, it hurts the lady
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| Porque el viejo me lleva al cine, si va a la fiesta tambien me lleva
| Because the old man takes me to the movies, if he goes to the party he takes me too
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| Si toma trago viene mariado, cuando regresa, es a dormir ensiguida
| If he has a drink he comes home drunk, when he comes back he goes to sleep right away
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| Pero el otro es a lo contrario, si va a la fiesta nunca me lleva, si en luna
| But the other is the opposite, if he goes to the party he never takes me, if on the moon
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| 'Miel que estamos pasando como este chacho apenas llega, es levantando la
| 'Honey we're passing as this guy barely arrives, he's raising his
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| Cortina
| Curtain
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| Ay, es levantando la cortina, es levantando la cortina
| Ay, he's raising the curtain, he's raising the curtain
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| Ay, es levantando la cortina, es levantando la cortina, Ay… | Ay, it's raising the curtain, it's raising the curtain, Ay... |