Lyrics of Del Tiempo De Mi Niñez - Mercedes Sosa

Del Tiempo De Mi Niñez (original)

Mi mama solía decirme
Recuerdo cuando era chango
Usted se acuesta a la siesta
No vayas a andar hondiando
Hay nomás ya me ordenaba
Que algo en el suelo tirara
Y debajito el alero
En un cuerito siestiara
Bajo el sopor de la siesta
Todo en silencio quedaba
Y con los changos pa’l monte
En puta i' pié me escapaba
ESTRIBILLO
Que lejos que queda ahora
Esa niñez añorada
Quisiera mama me mandes
Que en un cuerito siestiara
Parece que fuera ahora
Cuando mi mama ordenaba
Que un mandadito le hiciera
Yo a los rezongos rumbeaba
Si me encontraba a los changos
Que a las bolitas jugaban
La bolsa de los mandados
A un costadito quedaba
Yo sacaba mi terita
Y si por ai' yo ganaba
Como nidito i 'boyero
Mi bolsillito quedaba
ESTRIBILLO
Que lejos que queda ahora
Esa niñez añorada
Quisiera mama me mandes
Que en un cuerito siestiara

(translation)

My mom used to tell me
I remember when I was a monkey
You go to bed for a nap
Don't go sinking
There is no more, he already ordered me
That something on the ground would throw
And below the eaves
In a cuerito siestiara
Under the sleep of the nap
Everything was silent
And with the monkeys pa'l monte
In whore i' foot I escaped
CHORUS
How far is it now?
That missed childhood
I would like mom send me
That in a cuerito he would nap
It seems like it was now
When my mom ordered
That a little boss did him
I rumbaba to the grumbling
If she found me at the monkeys
that they played balls
The bag of groceries
At a little cost it remained
I took out my terita
And if for that I won
Like a little nest i 'boyero
My pocket was left
CHORUS
How far is it now?
That missed childhood
I would like mom send me
That in a cuerito he would nap