Las Casitas Del Barrio Alto
Victor JaraLyrics
Translation
Las casitas del barrio alto
The little houses of the high neighborhood
Con rejas y antejardín
With gates and front gardens
Una preciosa entrada de autos
A beautiful car entrance
Esperando un Peugeot
Waiting for a Peugeot
Hay rosadas, verdecitas
There are pink ones, greenish ones
Blanquitas y celestitas
White ones and light blue ones
Las casitas del barrio alto
The little houses of the high neighborhood
Todas hechas con recipol
All made with recipol
Y las gentes de las casitas
And the people of the little houses
Se sonríen y se visitan
Smile at each other and visit
Van juntitos al supermarket
They go together to the supermarket
Y todos tienen un televisor
And everyone has a television
Hay dentistas, comerciantes
There are dentists, merchants
Latifundistas y traficantes
Large landowners and traffickers
Abogados y rentistas
Lawyers and rentiers
Y todos visten polycron
And everyone wears polycron
Juegan bridge, toman martini-dry
They play bridge, drink martini-dry
Y los niños son rubiecitos
And the children are little blondes
Y con otros rubiecitos
And with other little blondes
Van juntitos al colegio 'high'!
They go together to the 'high' school!
Y el hijito de su papi
And the son of his daddy
Luego va a la universidad
Then goes to the university
Comenzando su problemática
Starting his problems
Y la intríngulis social
And the social intricacies
Fuma pitillos en Austin mini
He smokes little cigars in an Austin Mini
Juega con bombas y con política
He plays with bombs and with politics
Asesina a generales
He murders generals
Y es un gánster de la sedición
And he's a gangster of sedition
Y las gentes de las casitas
And the people of the little houses
Se sonríen y se visitan
Smile at each other and visit
Van juntitos al supermarket
They go together to the supermarket
Y todos tienen un televisor
And everyone has a television
Hay rosadas, verdecitas
There are pink ones, greenish ones
Blanquitas y celestitas
White ones and light blue ones
Las casitas del barrio alto
The little houses of the high neighborhood
Todas hechas con recipol
All made with recipol