| Mi mama solía decirme
| My mom used to tell me
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| Recuerdo cuando era chango
| I remember when I was a monkey
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| Usted se acuesta a la siesta
| You go to bed for a nap
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| No vayas a andar hondiando
| Don't go sinking
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| Hay nomás ya me ordenaba
| There is no more, he already ordered me
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| Que algo en el suelo tirara
| That something on the ground would throw
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| Y debajito el alero
| And below the eaves
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| En un cuerito siestiara
| In a cuerito siestiara
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| Bajo el sopor de la siesta
| Under the sleep of the nap
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| Todo en silencio quedaba
| Everything was silent
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| Y con los changos pa’l monte
| And with the monkeys pa'l monte
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| En puta i' pié me escapaba
| In whore i' foot I escaped
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| ESTRIBILLO
| CHORUS
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| Que lejos que queda ahora
| How far is it now?
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| Esa niñez añorada
| That missed childhood
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| Quisiera mama me mandes
| I would like mom send me
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| Que en un cuerito siestiara
| That in a cuerito he would nap
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| Parece que fuera ahora
| It seems like it was now
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| Cuando mi mama ordenaba
| When my mom ordered
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| Que un mandadito le hiciera
| That a little boss did him
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| Yo a los rezongos rumbeaba
| I rumbaba to the grumbling
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| Si me encontraba a los changos
| If she found me at the monkeys
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| Que a las bolitas jugaban
| that they played balls
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| La bolsa de los mandados
| The bag of groceries
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| A un costadito quedaba
| At a little cost it remained
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| Yo sacaba mi terita
| I took out my terita
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| Y si por ai' yo ganaba
| And if for that I won
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| Como nidito i 'boyero
| Like a little nest i 'boyero
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| Mi bolsillito quedaba
| My pocket was left
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| ESTRIBILLO
| CHORUS
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| Que lejos que queda ahora
| How far is it now?
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| Esa niñez añorada
| That missed childhood
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| Quisiera mama me mandes
| I would like mom send me
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| Que en un cuerito siestiara | That in a cuerito he would nap |