| A mí deme un aguardiente
| Give me a brandy
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| Un aguardiente de caña
| A cane brandy
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| De las cañas de mis valles
| From the reeds of my valleys
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| Y el anís de mis montañas
| And the anise of my mountains
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| No me dé trago extranjero
| don't give me foreign drink
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| Que es caro y no sabe a bueno
| That it is expensive and does not taste good
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| Porque yo quiero siempre
| because I always want
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| Lo de mi tierra primero
| The thing about my land first
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| qué orgulloso me siento
| how proud i feel
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| De haber nacido en mi pueblo
| Of having been born in my town
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| qué orgulloso me siento
| how proud i feel
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| De haber nacido en mi pueblo
| Of having been born in my town
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| A mí cánteme un bambuco
| sing me a bambuco
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| De esos que llegan al alma
| Of those that reach the soul
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| Cantos que ya me alegraban
| Songs that already made me happy
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| Cuando apenas decia mama
| When I just said mom
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| Lo demas será bonito
| The rest will be nice
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| Pero el corazón no salta
| But the heart does not jump
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| Como cuando a mí me cantan
| like when they sing to me
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| Una canción colombiana
| a colombian song
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| qué orgulloso me siento
| how proud i feel
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| De haber nacido en mi patria
| Of having been born in my country
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| que orgulloso me siento
| how proud I feel
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| De haber nacido en mi patria
| Of having been born in my country
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| Y para mí una muchacha
| and for me a girl
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| Aperladita y morena
| pearly and brunette
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| O una rubia de ojos claros
| Or a light-eyed blonde
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| De suave piel montañera
| Made of soft mountaineering leather
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| Muchachas, música y trago
| Girls, music and drink
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| De la sierra o de mi llano
| From the mountains or from my plain
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| que orgulloso me siento
| how proud I feel
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| De ser un buen colombiano
| Of being a good Colombian
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| que orgulloso me siento
| how proud I feel
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| De haber nacido en Colombia!
| Of being born in Colombia!
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| Ay! | Oh! |
| que orgulloso me siento
| how proud I feel
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| De ser un buen colombiano!
| Of being a good Colombian!
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| ¡Ay! | Oh! |
| ¡qué orgulloso me siento
| how proud I feel
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| De ser un buen colombiano! | Of being a good Colombian! |