Lyrics of Manuelita La Tortuga - María Elena Walsh

Manuelita La Tortuga - María Elena Walsh
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Date of issue: 30.10.1964
Song language: Spanish

Manuelita La Tortuga

(original)
Manuelita vivía en Peguajó
Pero un día se marchó
Nadie supo bien por qué
A París ella se fue
Un poquito caminando
Y otro poquitito a pie
Manuelita, Manuelita
Manuelita dónde vas
Con tu traje de malaquita
Y tu paso tan audaz
Manuelita una vez se enamoró
De un tortugo que pasó
Dijo: ¿Qué podré yo hacer?
Vieja no me va a querer
En Europa y con paciencia
Me podrán embellecer
En la tintorería de Paris
La pintaron con barniz
La plancharon en francés
Del derecho y del revés
Le pusieron peluquita
Y botines en los pies
Tantos años tardó en cruzar el mar
Que allí se volvió a arrugar
Y por eso regresó
Vieja como se marchó
A buscar a su tortugo
Que la espera en Peguajó
(translation)
Manuelita lived in Peguajó
But she one day she left
No one quite knew why
To Paris she went
a little walking
And another little bit on foot
Manuelita, Manuelita
Manuelita where are you going
With your malachite suit
And your step so bold
Manuelita once fell in love
Of a turtle that passed
She said: What can I do?
Old woman is not going to love me
In Europe and with patience
they can beautify me
At the dry cleaners in Paris
they painted it with varnish
They ironed her in French
The right and upside down
they gave him a wig
And booties on the feet
So many years it took her to cross the sea
That she there she wrinkled again
and that's why she came back
Old as she left
To look for his tortoise
That she awaits her in Peguajó
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