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Soy un porteño

Francisco CANAROFrancisco CANAROmilonga1942-11-1826 videos
Singer: Francisco CANAROSinger 2: Carlos RoldanComposer: José RazzanoAuthor: Celedonio Flores

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Lyrics
Soy un porteño nacido
en el barrio que se cuadre,
niño bien, medio compadre,
sobrador y consentido.
Tengo fama de aburrido
y ando galgueando la guita,
pero guardo la infinita
nobleza del ser humano,
si canto con “Mano a Mano”,
lloro con “La cumparsita'.

Me hice una ley: ser derecho
en la mala y en la buena,
silbo y desato una pena
que se hizo nudo en mi pecho.
Guardo en el alma el acecho,
una pasión sin medida,
y sé jugarme la vida
por un naipe y una dama,
si me habrán dejao de cama
naipes, paicas y bebidas.

Me templé en los bodegones
sacando lustre al estaño,
vi hacer callo al desengaño
en corazón de varones.
Pianto de los metejones
que traen al amor fulero,
pero soy bueno y sincero
cuando el amor me echa garra.
¡Yo soy como la guitarra,
canto y lloro cuando quiero!
English translation
I am a porteño born
in the neighborhood that fits,
good boy, half compadre,
spoiled and spoiled.
I have a reputation for being boring
and I go around scrounging for money,
but I keep the infinite
nobility of the human being,
if I sing with "Mano a Mano",
I cry with "La cumparsita".

I made myself a law: to be straight
in bad times and in good,
I whistle and untie a sorrow
that became a knot in my chest.
I keep in my soul the stalking,
a passion without measure,
and I know how to stake my life
for a card and a lady,
if they will have left me in bed
cards, paicas and drinks.

I was tempered in the still lifes
taking luster from pewter,
I saw the disillusionment
in the hearts of men.
I stanch of the metejones
that bring to love fulero,
but I am good and sincere
when love gives me a grip.
I am like the guitar,
I sing and cry when I want to!

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