| Año del noventa y nueve
| year of ninety nine
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| El veinticinco de enero
| The twenty fifth of January
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| No se me olvida la fecha
| I don't forget the date
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| Porque aposte mi dinero
| Because I bet my money
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| A las patas del curita
| At the priest's feet
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| De los hermanos Quintero
| Of the Quintero brothers
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| Hasta el carril de aguamansa
| Until the lane of aguamansa
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| En Riversade California
| In Rivers of California
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| Trajeron a la coqueta
| They brought the coquette
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| Del estado de Arizona
| From the state of Arizona
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| A correr con el curita
| To run with the band-aid
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| Traía fama de campeona
| She brought fame as a champion
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| No era pericos señores
| It was not parakeets, gentlemen
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| Pero los verdes volaban
| But the green ones flew
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| A la yegua de los Porras
| To the mare of the Porras
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| Las apuestas le sobraban
| The bets were too much for him
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| Porque decían que al curita
| Because they said that the priest
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| Fácilmente le ganaban
| They easily beat him
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| Les damos al dos por uno
| We give them two for one
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| Los de la yegua gritaban
| Those of the mare shouted
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| Yo vi las pacas de a miles
| I saw the bales of thousands
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| Que los Quinteros sacaban
| That the Quinteros took out
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| Para topar los billetes
| to bump the bills
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| Que a la coqueta apostaban
| That they bet on the coquette
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| Anda el cuyito Pérez
| Go the cuyito Pérez
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| Paseando ya a la coqueta
| already walking the coquette
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| Se miraba muy bonita
| she looked very pretty
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| Pero andaba muy inquieta
| But she was very restless
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| Tal vez pensando en el triunfo
| Maybe thinking about the triumph
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| Al fin que ya estaba impuesta
| At last she was already imposed
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| El corredor del curita
| The Band-Aid Corridor
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| Un jockey de los mejores
| A jockey of the best
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| Les dijo apuesten sin miedo
| He told them to bet without fear
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| Que esta la gano señores
| I win this one gentlemen
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| A mi me la Pérez Prado
| I like Pérez Prado
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| Mas de cuatro corredores
| More than four runners
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| Rompió el silencio un disparo
| The silence was broken by a shot
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| Y los cajones se abrieron
| And the drawers opened
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| Toda la gente gritaba
| all the people were screaming
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| Se vinieron se vinieron
| they came they came
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| Pero al salir el curita
| But when the band-aid left
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| Rompió la cuerda primero
| broke the rope first
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| En lo mas seguro hay riesgo
| In the safest there is risk
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| Decía Juanito Carmona
| Juanito Carmona said
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| Nunca pensé que el curita
| I never thought that the band-aid
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| Le quitarían la corona
| They would take away the crown
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| En el carril de aguamansa
| In the lane of Aguamansa
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| Se destrono a la campeona | The champion was dethroned |