| Yo tenia un chorro de voz
| I had a jet of voice
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| Yo era el amo del falsete
| I was the master of the falsetto
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| Ay lara la
| Ay lara
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| Por el canto me di al cuete
| For the song I gave myself to the cuete
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| Y por fumar me dio la tos
| And for smoking she gave me the cough
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| Y de aquel chorro de voz
| And from that stream of voice
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| Solo me quedo un chisguete
| I only have a chip left
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| Cantaba un titipuchal
| He sang a titipuchal
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| Las chamacas me admiraban
| The girls admired me
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| Con mis cantos suspiraban
| With my songs they sighed
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| Y yo me daba a desear;
| And I gave myself to be desired;
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| Pero hoy que quise cantar
| But today I wanted to sing
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| Los gallos se alborotaban
| The roosters rioted
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| Pobre voz que anda al garete
| Poor voice that goes adrift
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| Por la parranda y el cuete
| For the party and the cuete
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| Por fumar y por la tos
| From smoking and cough
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| Cuando quiero echar falsete
| When I want to falsetto
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| Solo sale un vil chisguete
| Only a vile gossip comes out
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| De aquel chorro de voz
| Of that stream of voice
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| Yo tenia un chorro de voz
| I had a jet of voice
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| Yo me daba mi paquete
| I gave myself my package
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| Me admiró Jorge Negrete
| Jorge Negrete admired me
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| Pedro Vargas y otros dos
| Pedro Vargas and two others
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| Pero del chorro de voz
| But from the stream of voice
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| Solo me quedo el chisguete
| I only keep the gossip
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| Antenoche fui a cantar
| Last night I went to sing
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| Festejaba a Casimira
| I celebrated Casimira
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| Al primer compás de lira
| To the first measure of lyre
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| Me empezaron a gritar
| they started yelling at me
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| El sombrero y la chamaca
| The hat and the girl
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| Del señor que se retira
| of the lord who retires
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| Al que toma y al que canta
| To the one who drinks and to the one who sings
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| Se le pudre la garganta
| his throat rots
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| Como a mi me dio la tos
| As it gave me the cough
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| Cuando quiero echar falsete
| When I want to falsetto
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| Solo sale un vil chisguete
| Only a vile gossip comes out
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| De aquel chorro de voz | Of that stream of voice |