| Yo tuve un barco de vapor
| I had a steamboat
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| De azul color
| of blue color
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| Con chimeneas amarillas
| With yellow chimneys
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| Que nunca, nunca naufragaba
| That never, never was shipwrecked
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| Todas las olas las surcaba
| All the waves crossed them
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| Y yo con él, tirando millas
| And I with him, pulling miles
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| Salí un buen día a atravesar
| I went out one fine day to cross
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| El ancho mar
| the wide sea
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| Mi rumbo fue Nueva Zelanda
| My destination was New Zealand
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| Tierra natal del maorí
| Maori homeland
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| Que es nuestro antípoda y allí
| Which is our antipode and there
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| Ver si al revés es como anda
| See if the other way around is how it goes
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| Y vi a un maorí
| And I saw a Maori
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| Pero estaba tumbado
| But he was lying
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| Y no se levantó
| And he didn't get up
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| Al sentirse observado
| feeling watched
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| No sé ni ya sabré
| I don't know nor will I ever know
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| Si andaba enrevesado
| If he was messed up
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| Así que me fui muy
| So I went very
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| Muy desilusionado
| very disappointed
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| Pensé que por el Ecuador
| I thought that for the equator
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| Y alrededor
| And around
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| La gente iría de costado
| People would go sideways
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| En posición horizontal
| in horizontal position
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| Modo de andar original
| original gait
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| Y digno de ser contemplado
| And worth to behold
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| Llegué después de anochecer
| I arrived after dark
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| Y, al parecer
| And it seems
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| Estaban todos en sus camas
| They were all in their beds
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| ¿Es que no hay nadie en vuestras calles?
| Is there no one in your streets?
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| Grité. | I yelled. |
| Y gritaron: ¡que te calles!
| And they shouted: shut up!
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| No se anduvieron por las ramas
| They didn't beat around the bush
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| En fin, que me fui sin
| Anyway, I left without
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| Haberlo averiguado
| figured it out
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| Al ártico polar
| to the polar arctic
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| A comerme un helado
| to eat an ice cream
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| Igual el esquimal
| same eskimo
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| Que es un hombre educado
| That he is an educated man
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| Que sé que va de pie
| I know that he is standing
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| No me daba de lado
| I did not give up
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| Zarpé de nuevo en mi vapor
| I set sail again on my steam
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| Con el motor
| with the engine
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| A toda marcha rumbo al norte
| Full steam ahead north
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| Despreocupado ya de andares
| already carefree of walking
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| Tan sólo por surcar los mares
| Just to sail the seas
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| Por el helado y por deporte
| For ice cream and for sport
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| Y vi de pronto a un esquimal
| And suddenly I saw an Eskimo
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| Sensacional
| Sensational
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| Era un acróbata muy fino
| He was a very fine acrobat
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| Era el mejor de los atletas
| He was the best of athletes
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| Dio veinte o treinta volteretas
| He did twenty or thirty somersaults
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| Y luego dijo, haciendo el pino:
| And then he said, doing a handstand:
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| Eh, tú, vente a mi iglú
| Hey you, come to my igloo
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| No te quedes pasmado
| don't be stunned
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| Que si no eres de aquí
| What if you're not from here
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| Tendrás un resfriado
| you will have a cold
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| Por fin tanto trajín
| finally so much work
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| Me dio buen resultado
| he gave me good results
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| Así que respondí:
| So I replied:
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| Muy bien
| very well
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| Yo te invito a un helado | I invite you to an ice cream |