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Singer: Juan D'ARIENZOSinger 2: Alberto EchagueComposer: Juan D'Arienzo y Fulvio SalamancaAuthor: Carlos Bahr

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Lyrics
Me inicié sobre un tranvía
no me fue del todo mal,
una música vacía
y un 'debú' en la seccional.
Al prontuario fui por lerdo
y en el cuadro entre los cracks,
me avivé de escalamiento
y al escruche fui a parar.

Aplicando la ganzúa
fui modesta autoridad,
no hubo nunca cerradura
que me hiciera patinar.
Me he zafado muchas canas
y he ligado muchas más,
pero mi cana más brava
fue un falda de percal.

Una falda más esquiva
que sonrisa de botón,
que ni a uña, ni a 'bombilla'
pude entrarle con mi amor.
Más cabrera que la yuta
se encerró detrás de un no
y fallé con la ganzúa
al forzar su corazón.

Me aflojaron los abriles
y al final me jubilé.
Me deshice de los 'chiches'
y al oficio lo archivé.
La ganzúa la conservo
pa' un trabajo de mi flor.
¡Quién te dice que San Pedro
se descuide en el portón!
English translation
I started on a streetcar
I didn't do too badly,
an empty music
and a 'debut' in the sectional.
I went to the roster because I was slow
and in the cadre among the cracks,
I got a taste of escalation
and to the scrutiny I ended up.

Applying the lock pick
I was a modest authority,
there was never a lock
that made me skid.
I've pulled out many gray hairs
and I've picked many more,
but my bravest gray hair
was a calico skirt.

A skirt more elusive
than a button smile,
that neither a fingernail nor a 'bulb'
I could not enter it with my love.
More cabrera than the yuta
she locked herself behind a no
and I failed with the lock pick
by forcing her heart.

The years loosened my grip
and in the end I retired.
I got rid of the "chiches" and
and I shelved the trade.
I keep the lock pick
for a job of my flower.
Who's to say that St. Peter
will be careless at the gate!

The Cabeceo