Lyrics of El Chocló (Tango) - Nat King Cole

El Chocló (Tango) (original)

Con este tango que es burlon why compadrito
Se ato dos alas la ambision de mi suburbio
Con este tango nacio el cielo why con un grito
Salio del sordido barrial buscando el cielo
Conjuro extraño de un amor hecho carencia
Que abrio caminos sin mas ley que su esperanza
Mesclas de rabia, de dolor, de fe, de ausencia
Llorando en la inocencia de un ritmo jugueton
Por tu milagro de notas agoreras
Nacieron sin pensarlo las paicas why las grelas
Luna en los charcos, canyengue en las caderas
Why un ansia fiera en la manera de querer
Al evocarte, tango querido
Siento que tiembran las baldosas de un bailongo
Why oigo el resongo de mi pasado
Hoy que no tengo
Mas que a mi madre
Siento que llega en punta e' pie para besarme
Cuando tu canto nace al son de un bandoneon…

(translation)

With this tango that is mocking and compadrito
The ambition of my suburb tied two wings
With this tango the sky was born and with a scream
He left the sordid neighborhood looking for the sky
strange spell of a love lacking
That opened paths without more law than his hope
Mixtures of rage, of pain, of faith, of absence
Crying in the innocence of a playful rhythm
For your miracle of ominous notes
The paicas and the grelas were born without thinking
Moon in the puddles, canyengue in the hips
Why a fierce desire in the way of wanting
When evoking you, dear tango
I feel that the tiles of a bailongo shake
Why I hear the rumble of my past
Today I don't have
More than my mother
I feel that she arrives on tiptoe to kiss me
When your song is born to the sound of a bandoneon…