| Por un rio de agua clara
| For a river of clear water
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| Baja Palo Cantamaanas
| Baja Palo Cantamaanas
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| Va buscando una manzana
| He is looking for an apple
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| «pa» morderla y volverse majara
| "pa" bite her and become crazy
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| Y una encuentra y el diente le clava;
| And one finds and her tooth stabs him;
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| Sale «flechao», no sabe adonde nada
| She comes out "flechao", she doesn't know where to swim
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| Va mas feliz que todas las cosas;
| She goes happier than all things;
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| Esta tan «volao», que nada le importa
| He is so "fly", that nothing matters to him
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| (Estribillo)
| (Chorus)
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| Ya llevamos unas semanas
| We've been a few weeks
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| De primavera, de tardes soleadas
| Of spring, of sunny afternoons
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| En el bosque de las manzanas
| In the apple forest
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| Vive Palo Cantamaanas
| Live Palo Cantamaanas
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| El una balsa de agua calmada
| The a raft of calm water
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| Liga una trucha hermosa y plateada
| Garter a beautiful silver trout
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| El que la ve y coje su guitarra;
| The one who sees her and takes his guitar from her;
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| Suelta un soneto, «pa» ver si la engancha
| He drops a sonnet, "pa" to see if she hooks her
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| «Ay!, pescadilla de negros ojillos
| «Ay!, little black-eyed whiting
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| Ve con „cuidao“, que hoy vengo salido;
| Go with „cuidao“, that today I come out;
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| Que es primavera y tu estas tan rica;
| That it is spring and you are so rich;
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| Coge tus cosas, vamos rio arriba» | Get your things, let's go up the river" |