Che, Bartolo

Carlos Gardel
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Gran viviyo de aspamento, malandrín de meta y ponga

Great life of shantytown, scoundrel of money and swagger

Atajate este ponchazo que te voy a sacudir

Dodge this punch that I'm going to shake you

No es que quiera deschavarte por cantar esta milonga

It's not that I want to expose you for singing this milonga

Sino porque con tus briyos vos no me vas a engrupir

But because with your brightness, you won't deceive me

Che, bacán de rango mishio, te diré algo que me alegra

Che, snobby poor guy, I'll tell you something that makes me happy

Relojearte entre la merza que la va de Tabarís

Observing you among the riffraff who pretend to be from Tabarís

A vos te llaman los giles El Marqués de Bocanegra

They call you, the fools, The Marquis of Bocanegra

Como a mí me baten Chorro, El Herrero o El Perdiz

Just as they call me Chorro, El Herrero, or El Perdiz


Che, Bartolo

Che, Bartolo

Batí si te has vuelto colo

Admit if you've turned dark

Pa' quererte disfrazar

To try to disguise yourself

Bocanegra

Bocanegra

¡Hay que ver cuál es la suegra

We must see what kind of mother-in-law

Que a vos te podrá aguantar!

Would be able to endure you!

Vos de negro

You, in black

Tenés solo tu prontuario

Only have your criminal record

Que ni sé cómo escondés

That I don't even know how you hide

Che, Bartolo

Che, Bartolo

Como reo, yo te pido

As a prisoner, I ask you

Que dejés el apellido

To drop the last name

De aquel noble genovés

Of that noble Genoese


Si el monóculo insolente te da un aire bacanejo

If the insolent monocle gives you a snobbish air

Y ese empilche bien debute te barniza de marqués

And that outfit makes you look like a marquis

No la va del mismo modo el curdela de tu viejo

Your old man doesn't go the same way

Que entre gente de boliche va arrastrando su vejez

Who, among the bar crowd, drags his old age

Yo no sé con qué ganzúa has abierto ese agujero

I don't know with what picklock you opened that hole

Que los reos de mi rango le llamamos Sociedá

That those of my rank call Society

Pa' mí que te equivocaste, La de Negros Candomberos

For me, you made a mistake, The Black Candomberos

Es la Sociedá indicada donde podés alternar

Is the right Society where you can socialize

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Santo Domingo, República Dominicana April 9, 2025
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