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Mama yo quiero un novio

Singer: BACHICHASinger 2: Emilia GarciaComposer: Ramón CollazoAuthor: Roberto Fontaina

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Lyrics
Cansada de los gomina,
los niños bien y fifí,
ayer oí que una piba
con bronca cantaba así:

Mama, yo quiero un novio
que sea milonguero, guapo y compadrón,
que no se ponga gomina
ni fume tabaco inglés,
que pa' hablar con una mina
sepa el chamuyo al revés.
Mama, si encuentro ese novio
juro que me pianto aunque te enojés.

Ayer un mozo elegante
con pinta de distinguido
demostrando ser constante
desde el taller me ha seguido,
mas cuando estuvo a mi lado
me habló como un caramelo
del sol, la luna y el cielo
y lo pianté con razón.

Mama, yo quiero un novio
que sea milonguero, guapo y compadrón,
de los del gacho ladeado,
trencilla en el pantalón,
que no sea un almidonado
con perfil de medallón.
Mama, yo quiero un novio
que al bailar se arrugue como un bandoneón.

Yo quiero un hombre copero,
de los del tiempo del jopo,
que al truco conteste quiero
y en toda banca va al copo.
Tanto me da que sea un pato
y si mi novio precisa
empeño hasta la camisa
y si eso es poco, el colchón.

Mama, yo quiero un novio
que sea milonguero, guapo y compadrón.
English translation
Tired of the gomina,
the well-to-do and fifi kids,
yesterday I heard a girl
with anger sang like this:

Mama, I want a boyfriend
who's a milonguero, handsome and compadrón,
who doesn't wear hair gel
and doesn't smoke English tobacco,
who, in order to talk to a girl
he knows the chamuyo backwards.
Mama, if I find that boyfriend
I swear that I'll get off even if you get mad.

Yesterday an elegant waiter
with a distinguished look
proving to be constant
since the workshop has followed me,
but when he was next to me
he spoke to me like a candy
of the sun, the moon and the sky
and I rightly pined for him.

Mama, I want a boyfriend
who is milonguero, handsome and compadrón,
one of those with the gacho on the side,
braid on his pants,
who's not a starched man
with a medallion profile.
Mama, I want a boyfriend
who wrinkles like a bandoneon when he dances.

I want a man who is a cupbearer,
of the time of the jopo,
who to the truco answers I want
and on every bench he goes to the copo.
I don't care if he's a duck
and if my boyfriend needs
I pawn even the shirt
and if that's not enough, the mattress.

Mom, I want a boyfriend
who is milonguero, handsome and compadrón.

The Cabeceo