Milonga Del Hornero
María Elena Walsh
Lyrics
Translation
Pasto verde, pasto seco
Green grass, dry grass
En San Antonio de Areco
In San Antonio de Areco
El hornero Don Perico
The oven-builder, Don Perico
Hace barro con el pico
Makes mud with his beak
Pasa un gorrión y saluda
A sparrow passes by and greets
No necesitan ayuda?
Do they need help?
No precisamos ladrones
We don't need thieves
Le contestan los pichones
The chicks reply
Cuando el nido está acabado
When the nest is finished
Dan un baile con asado
They have a dance with barbecue
Doña Perica, la hornera
Doña Perica, the oven-builder's wife
Baila zamba y chacarera
Dances zamba and chacarera
Doña Perica, la hornera
Doña Perica, the oven-builder's wife
Baila zamba y chacarera
Dances zamba and chacarera
Vuelve el gorrión atorrante
The cheeky sparrow returns
Vestido de vigilante
Dressed as a guard
Haciéndose el distraído
Pretending to be distracted
Roba miguitas del nido
Steals crumbs from the nest
Papá! Gritan los pichones
Dad! The chicks shout
Han entrado los ladrones
Thieves have entered
Don Perico ve al gorrión
Don Perico sees the sparrow
Y lo obliga a ser peón
And forces him to be a worker
Doña Perica lo llama
Doña Perica calls him
Y lo toma de mucama
And takes him as a maid
Los pichones, de niñera
The chicks, as babysitters
Que les dé la mamadera
Ask him to give them the bottle
El gorrión lava y cocina
The sparrow washes and cooks
Barre, plancha, cose y trina
Sweeps, irons, sews, and sings
Miren, miren que primor
Look, look what a marvel
Un ladrón trabajador
A hardworking thief