| Calle angosta, calle angosta
| narrow street, narrow street
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| La de una vereda sola
| The one of a single sidewalk
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| Yo te canto porque siempre
| I sing to you because always
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| Estaras en mi memoria
| you will be in my memory
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| Sos la calle mas humilde
| You are the humblest street
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| De mi tierra mercedina
| From my Mercedes land
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| En los «alamos» comienzas
| In the "alamos" you start
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| Y en el «molino» terminas
| And at the "mill" you end up
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| Calle angosta, calle angosta
| narrow street, narrow street
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| Si me habran «ladrau» los «chocos»
| If the "chocos" would have barked at me
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| Un tun… tun… quien es? | A tun… tun… who is it? |
| ya estaba
| she was already
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| A dos «picos» la tonada
| At two «peaks» the tune
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| Calle angosta… calle angosta
| narrow street… narrow street
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| La de una vereda sola
| The one of a single sidewalk
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| Tradicionales boliches
| traditional bowling alleys
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| Don manuel y los mirandas
| Don Manuel and the Mirandas
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| Frente cruzando las vias
| Front across the tracks
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| Don calixto. | Don Calixto. |
| .. casi nada!
| .. almost nothing!
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| Cantores de aquel entonces
| Singers of that time
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| Alli en rueda se juntaban
| There in a wheel they gathered
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| Y en homenaje de criollos
| And in tribute to Creoles
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| Siempre lo nuestro cantaban | They always sang ours |