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Vamos vamos zaino viejo

Singer: Osvaldo FRESEDOSinger 2: Armando GarridoComposer: Fernando TellAuthor: Victorino Velázquez

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Lyrics
La vida es triste arriba del pescante
con los recuerdos de un corazón amante,
avanzo leguas al tranco con mi carro,
y me parece que estoy siempre en el barro.
Es que me falta quien me cebara un mate
mientras ataba mi zaino percherón,
y acariciando mi perro chocolate
tomaba alegre un trago del porrón.

Tranco a tranco trienzo penas
recordando mi pasado,
pensando que fue tan buena
y el destino tan malvado.
Vamos, vamos, zaino viejo,
ya estamos los dos iguales,
nos hemos ido tan lejos
son cincuenta carnavales...
Vamos, vamos, zaino viejo,
ya es hora de descansar.

Recuerdos tristes se agolpan cada año
pensando en ella que hoy cumplía sus años,
y me esperaba sonriente y buena moza,
porque así era mi linda María Rosa.
Hoy ya no tengo quien me prepare un mate,
ni quien me ayude a soltar el percherón.
Sólo me queda mi perro chocolate
entre las ruinas del viejo corralón.
English translation
Life is sad above the davit
with the memories of a loving heart,
I go leagues ahead with my chariot at a stride,
and it seems to me that I am always in the mud.
It's that I lack someone who would bait a mate for me
while tying up my zaino percherón,
and caressing my chocolate dog
I happily took a drink from the porrón.

Stride by stride, I triumphed in sorrow
remembering my past,
thinking that I was so good
and fate so wicked.
Let's go, let's go, old saino,
we're both the same,
we've gone so far away
it's fifty carnivals...
Let's go, let's go, old Zaino,
it's time to rest.

Sad memories come flooding back every year
thinking of her, who today was her birthday,
and she was waiting for me smiling and good looking,
because that's how my beautiful María Rosa was.
Today I no longer have anyone to prepare me mate,
nor anyone to help me release the percheron.
All I have left is my chocolate dog
among the ruins of the old corralón.

The Cabeceo