| José María se casó
| Jose Maria got married
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| Con María José
| with Maria Jose
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| Y tuvieron dos hijos
| And they had two children
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| María y José
| Maria and Jose
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| Los mandaron a la escuela
| They sent them to school
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| De San José
| From San jose
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| Pero María nunca iba
| But Maria never went
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| Y José nunca fue
| And Joseph never was
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| Porque cuando cumplieron los diecisiete
| Because when they turned seventeen
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| Se mudaron juntos a la capital
| They moved together to the capital
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| Y pusieron una venta de carnadas
| And they put on a bait sale
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| Y con eso no les iba nada mal
| And with that they did not go wrong
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| El primero fue un buen año
| The first was a good year
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| Y el segundo también
| and the second too
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| Prosperaba día a día
| I prospered day by day
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| Crecía mes a mes
| It grew month by month
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| Todo el mundo que pescaba
| Everyone who fished
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| Quería tener
| Wanted to have
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| Las almejas que vendían
| The clams they sold
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| María y José
| Maria and Jose
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| La gente hacía cola
| people queued
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| Para no quedarse sin pescar
| So as not to run out of fish
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| Ya desde primera hora
| Already from the first hour
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| El puestito comenzaba a funcionar
| The stall began to work
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| En el puesto de la rambla y Gallinal
| At the Rambla and Gallinal stand
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| Y la gente no paraba de comprar
| And the people did not stop buying
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| Un producto de primera calidad
| A top quality product
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| Ésta es la mejor carnada
| This is the best bait
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| Para el pescador profesional
| For the professional fisherman
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| Las almejas se agotaban
| Clams ran out
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| Y la gente no paraba de sacar
| And the people did not stop taking out
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| Pero almejas brasileras
| But brazilian clams
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| Comenzaron a aparecer
| They began to appear
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| Y pa' peor con el Mercosur
| And for worse with Mercosur
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| Les bajaron el arancel
| They lowered the tariff
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| Y con el precio resultante
| And with the resulting price
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| Era imposible competir
| It was impossible to compete
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| El puestito de la rambla
| The stall on the boulevard
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| Ya no pudo subsistir
| could no longer survive
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| Y todo esto les trajo
| And all this brought them
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| Un fracaso comercial
| a commercial failure
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| Se fueron barranca abajo
| They went down the ravine
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| Tuvieron que cerrar
| they had to close
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| Amêijoa, amêijoa
| Amêijoa, amêijoa
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| Por la rambla ya se empezaba a gritar
| On the boulevard they were already beginning to shout
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| Amêijoa, amêijoa
| Amêijoa, amêijoa
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| Y la gente no paraba de comprar
| And the people did not stop buying
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| Amêijoa, amêijoa
| Amêijoa, amêijoa
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| Importada de segunda calidad
| Imported second quality
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| Era la opción económica
| It was the cheap option
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| Para el pescador profesional
| For the professional fisherman
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| Que por una suma módica
| That for a modest sum
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| Sacaba igual que con la nacional
| He served the same as with the national
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| Las almejas brasileras
| brazilian clams
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| Prefieren los pescadores
| fishermen prefer
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| Ya no vamo' a tener
| We are no longer going to have
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| Que apretá' a los provedores
| That squeezed the providers
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
|
| Las almejas brasileras
| brazilian clams
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| Nos coparon el mercado
| They took over the market
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| Ya no vamos a tener
| we are no longer going to have
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| Más problemas con Cambadu
| More problems with Cambadu
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| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| Son de mala calidad
| They are of poor quality
|
| Las almejas brasileras
| brazilian clams
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| Pero parece notarlo
| But he seems to notice
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| Ninguna roncadera
| no snoring
|
| Almejas, almejas
| clams, clams
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| Nos tendremo que meté
| we will have to put
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| Las almejas n' el ojete
| The clams n' the asshole
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| Ya no vamos a tener
| we are no longer going to have
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| Más problemas con los flete | More freight problems |