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La copla porteña

Singer: Francisco CANAROSinger 2: Roberto MaidaComposer: Francisco CanaroAuthor: Ivo Pelay

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Lyrics
Tienen coplas en España,
cuplés tienen los franceses
y yo quiero tener coplas
de carácter nacional.

Hoy las chicas son terribles
cuando se quieren casar,
hoy las chicas son terribles
cuando se quieren casar,
y si pescan candidato
no lo dejan escapar,
y aunque no tengan carnada
el anzuelo hacen tragar,
hoy las chicas son terribles
cuando se quieren casar,
y si pescan candidato
no lo dejan escapar.

Como tengo varias coplas
archivadas en el mate,
voy a ver si otra les canto
no me quiero hacer rogar.

Las muchachas con el cine
hoy están locas de atar,
las muchachas con el cine
hoy están locas de atar,
y pretenden a la 'Greta'
como estrella suplantar,
sin pensar las estrellitas
que se pueden estrellar...
Las muchachas con el cine
hoy están locas de atar
y pretenden a la 'Greta'
como estrellas suplantar.
English translation
They have coplas in Spain,
the French have cuplés
and I want to have coplas
of national character.

Today the girls are terrible
when they want to get married,
today girls are terrible
when they want to get married,
and if they catch a candidate
they don't let him escape,
and even if they don't have bait
they make them swallow the bait,
today the girls are terrible
when they want to get married,
and if they catch a candidate
they don't let him escape.

As I have several couplets
filed in my mate,
I'm going to see if I can sing another one
I don't want to make myself be begged.

The girls with the movies
today they're mad as hell,
the girls with the movies
today they're crazy to tie,
and they pretend to 'Greta'
as a star to supplant,
without thinking of the little stars
that they can crash...
The girls with the cinema
today are mad as hell
and they pretend to 'Greta'
as stars to supplant.

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