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Una vieja vale un real y una muchacha dos cuartos, [y yo, como]1 soy tan pobre me voy a lo más barato. Con el vito, vito, vito, con el vito, vito, va. No me haga 'usté' cosquillas, que me pongo 'colorá'.
1 Obradors: "pero como"
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- by Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949), "El vito", from Veinte cantos populares españoles [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Fernando J. Obradors (1897 - 1945), "El vito" [ voice and piano ], from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol. 3, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le vito", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Ted Perry , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
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Une vieille vaut un réal Et une jeune deux cuartos, Et comme je suis si pauvre Je vais au moins cher. Avec le vito, le vito, le vito, Avec le vito, le vito, ça va. Ne me faites pas de chatouilles, Cela me fait rougir.
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Text added to the website: 2017-10-17 00:00:00
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