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Old 12-28-2020, 07:32 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Here's a nice, relaxed song: an unadorned delivery and a voice which works as a foil to lyrics that are on the point of getting too saccharin:-



Like Zarbaqal, who has sadly left us it seems, I'm putting up the Spanish and English lyrics:

Me gusta el Sol, Alicia y las palomas /I like the sun, Alicia, and the doves,
El buen cigarro y las malas señoras / A good cigar and bad ladies,
Saltar paredes y abrir las ventanas / Jumping walls, and opening windows,
Y cuando lloro, una mujer / And a woman when I cry

Me gusta el vino tanto como las flores / I like wine as much as flowers,
Y los conejos pero no los tractores / And rabbits, but not tractors,
Y el pan casero y la voz de Dolores / Homemade bread and the voice of D
Y el mar mojandome los pies / And the sea wetting my feet.

No soy de aquí ni soy de allá / I'm not from here nor am I from there,
No tengo edad ni porvenir / I don’t have an age or a future,
Y ser feliz es mi color de identidad / And being happy is my color of identity.

Me gusta estar tirado siempre en la arena / I like lying forever on the sand,
En mi matungo perseguir a Manuela / On my horse following Manuela,
Por todo el tiempo para ver las estrellas / Or all the time to watch the stars,
Con la María en el trigal / With Maria in the wheat field.

Jorge Cafrune has turned up a couple of times in a comment or list here, but I think this is the first time anyone has posted a song of his. To find out more, you can do what I'm doing, checking wikipedia:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Cafrune
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