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Singer: Típica VICTORComposer: Juan Antonio CollazoAuthor: Víctor Soliño y Roberto Fontaina

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Lyrics
Niño bien, pretencioso y engrupido,
que tenés berretín de figurar;
niño bien que llevás dos apellidos
y que usás de escritorio el Petit Bar;
pelandrún que la vas de distinguido
y siempre hablás de la estancia de papá,
mientras tu viejo, pa' ganarse el puchero,
todos los días sale a vender fainá.

Vos te creés que porque hablás de ti,
fumás tabaco inglés
paseás por Sarandí,
y te cortás las patillas a lo Rodolfo
sos un fifí.
Porque usás la corbata carmín
y allá en el Chantecler
la vas de bailarín,
y te mandás la biaba de gomina,
te creés que sos un rana
y sos un pobre gil.

Niño bien, que naciste en el suburbio
de un bulín alumbrao a querosén,
que tenés pedigrée bastante turbio
y decís que sos de familia bien,
no manyás que estás mostrando la hilacha
y al caminar con aire triunfador
se ve bien claro que tenés mucha clase
para lucirte detrás de un mostrador.
English translation
Well child, pretentious and engrupido,
that you have the pretentiousness to appear;
you're a good boy with two surnames
and that you use the Petit Bar as a desk;
you're a big shot who pretends to be a distinguished man
and you always talk about daddy's ranch,
while your old man, in order to earn a living,
every day he goes out to sell fainá.

You think that because you talk about yourself,
you smoke English tobacco
you walk along Sarandí
and cut your sideburns in the Rodolfo style
you are a fifi.
Because you wear a crimson tie
and there at the Chantecler
you go as a dancer,
and you send your hair gel on your face,
you think you're a frog
and you are a poor fool.

Good boy, that you were born in the suburbs
of a kerosene-lit bulín,
you've got a pretty shady pedigree
and you say you come from a good family,
don't you know that you are showing your true colors
and when you walk with a triumphant air
it is very clear that you have a lot of class
to show off behind a counter.

The Cabeceo