| A la vera de un verde romero
| By the side of a rosemary green
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| Comenta un higuera con un ruiseñor
| Comment a fig tree with a nightingale
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| En un pobre portal desvarío
| In a poor wandering portal
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| Esta noche ha nacido el niño de Dios
| Tonight the child of God is born
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| Vistiendo al niño de frío
| Dressing the cold child
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| Mire usted, mire usted, qué dolor
| Look at you, look at you, what a pain
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| Hoy es Nochebuena y vale la pena saltar y brincar y brincar
| Today is Christmas Eve and it is worth jumping and jumping and jumping
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| Saca la bota morena y a beber y a reír y a cantar
| Take out the brown boot and drink and laugh and sing
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| Que esta noche es Nochebuena y me tengo yo que emborrachar
| That tonight is Christmas Eve and I have to get drunk
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| Van cantando y tocando panderos
| They are singing and playing tambourines
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| Los campanilleros de la madrugá
| The bell ringers of the early morning
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| Y a la nieve le gana en blancura
| And the snow beats in whiteness
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| María es más pura que un ramo de azahar
| Maria is purer than a bouquet of orange blossom
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| Viva Dios en las alturas
| Long live God in the heights
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| Pues por mí él nació en un portal
| Because of me he was born in a portal
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| CORO
| CHORUS
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| A tal hora se encaña por monte
| At such an hour it is encañada by mountain
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| Camino de Almonte nos vamos los dos
| On the way to Almonte we both go
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| Que a la Virgen le tengo ofrecío
| That I have offered to the Virgin
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| Llegar al Rocío, tocando el tambor
| Getting to Rocío, playing the drum
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| Y ver al Niño vestío
| And see the Child dressed
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| Mire usted, mire usted de Pastor
| Look at you, look at you by Pastor
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| CORO | CHORUS |