| Salieron de serenata
| They came out of serenade
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| Un cantor y un guitarrero
| A singer and a guitar player
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| Y a medida que cantaban
| And as they sang
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| Temblaban los gallineros
| chicken coops trembled
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| Un riojano en un boliche
| A Riojan in a bowling alley
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| Tomó vino a lo campeón
| He drank wine to the champion
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| Y salió como juanita
| And he came out like Juanita
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| Que le han pisao con champión
| That they have stepped on him with champión
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| Un gaucho estaba payando
| A gaucho was paying
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| Con un indio en carnaval
| With an Indian at carnival
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| Uno fue para encausados
| One was for defendants
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| Y el otro p’al hospital
| And the other went to the hospital
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| Y de golpe en una esquina
| And suddenly in a corner
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| Dele canto y meta bulla
| Give him song and meta noise
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| Y la cosa se termina
| and the thing is over
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| Porque llegó la patrulla
| because the patrol arrived
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| Qué lindo es vivir soltero
| How nice it is to live single
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| No tener mujer a cargo;
| Not having a woman in charge;
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| Para que nadie le diga
| So that no one tells
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| Adiós che sombrero largo
| Goodbye long hat
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| Una vez un santiagueño
| Once a Santiago
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| Se empachó con vino y fiambre
| He stuffed himself with wine and cold meat
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| Y gritaba como chancho
| And he screamed like a pig
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| Que lo han atao con alambre
| That they have tied it with wire
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| Yo soy de «Villa Amarilla»
| I am from “Villa Amarilla”
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| Así decía un morocho
| So said a morocho
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| LA melena parecía
| the mane seemed
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| Que traiba un chico en cococho
| That she brought a boy in cococho
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| Y de golpe en una esquina
| And suddenly in a corner
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| Dele canto y meta bulla
| Give him song and meta noise
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| Y la cosa se termina
| and the thing is over
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| Porque llegó la patrulla | because the patrol arrived |