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Squashed Plantain

Alberto Barros

Patacón Pisa'o

Ajá
A comer
¡Qué rico!

El mari’o de Josefa (oh, oh)
Solo come pescado (oh, oh)
El mari’o de Josefa (oh, oh)
Solo come pescado (oh, oh)

Si le dan otra cosa (oh, oh)
Lo rechaza embravado (oh, oh)
Si le dan otra cosa (oh, oh)
Lo rechaza embravado (oh, oh)

Yo no quiero papara
Ni platanito asado
Yo no quiero papara
Ni platanito asado

Ay yo quiero es que me den
Ay mi pescado guisado
Yo quiero es que me den
Mi pescado guisado

Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)

Otra vez
Eso es lo que hay

Josefina le pone (oh, oh)
Plato sofisticado (oh, oh)
Josefina le pone (oh, oh)
Plato sofisticado (oh, oh)

Pero no se lo come (oh, oh)
Reclama su pescado (oh, oh)
Pero no se lo come (oh, oh)
Reclama su pescado (oh, oh)

Si me dan otra cosa
Quiere verme enojado
Ay, si me dan otra cosa
Ay, quiere verme emputado

Y si saben que me gusta
Ay mi pescado guisado
Y si saben que me gusta
Ay mi pescado guisado

Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)

El otro día en la casa (oh, oh)
Hubieron invitados (oh, oh)
El otro día en la casa (oh, oh)
Hubieron invitados (oh, oh)

Hubo comida fina (oh, oh)
Y no hubo pescado (oh, oh)
Hubo comida fina (oh, oh)
Y no hubo pescado (oh, oh)

Y se paró de la mesa
Gritando emberracado
Y se paró de la mesa
Gritando emberracado

A mí me dan mi pescado guisado
A mí me dan mi pescado (oh, oh)
A mí me dan mi pescado guisado
A mí me dan mi pescado (oh, oh)

Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)
Y patacón pisa’o (pisa’o)

(Patacón pisa’o)
Quiero yo
(Patacón pisa’o)
Con arroz

(Patacón pisa’o)
Dame lo que quiero yo (oh, oh, oh)

(Patacón pisa’o)
Pero con arroz

Pisa’o pisa’o
Pisa’o pisa’o

(Qué patacón, patacón pisa’o)

Dame con quesito
De vez en cuando guarapito

Si tú me das patacón
Yo me lo como sabrosito

Ay, pero qué rico
Yo me lo como bien frito

Dame patacón

(Qué patacón, patacón pisa’o)

Squashed Plantain

Uh-huh
Time to eat
How delicious!

Josefa's husband (oh, oh)
Only eats fish (oh, oh)
Josefa's husband (oh, oh)
Only eats fish (oh, oh)

If they give him something else (oh, oh)
He rejects it angrily (oh, oh)
If they give him something else (oh, oh)
He rejects it angrily (oh, oh)

I don't want papara
Or roasted plantain
I don't want papara
Or roasted plantain

I just want them to give me
Oh, my stewed fish
I just want them to give me
My stewed fish

And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)

Once again
That's what's up

Josefina serves him (oh, oh)
A fancy dish (oh, oh)
Josefina serves him (oh, oh)
A fancy dish (oh, oh)

But he doesn't eat it (oh, oh)
He demands his fish (oh, oh)
But he doesn't eat it (oh, oh)
He demands his fish (oh, oh)

If they give me something else
They want to see me mad
Oh, if they give me something else
Oh, they want to see me pissed off

And if they know I like
Oh, my stewed fish
And if they know I like
Oh, my stewed fish

And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)

The other day at home (oh, oh)
There were guests (oh, oh)
The other day at home (oh, oh)
There were guests (oh, oh)

There was fine food (oh, oh)
But no fish (oh, oh)
There was fine food (oh, oh)
But no fish (oh, oh)

And he stood up from the table
Yelling in anger
And he stood up from the table
Yelling in anger

Give me my stewed fish
Give me my fish (oh, oh)
Give me my stewed fish
Give me my fish (oh, oh)

And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)
And squashed plantain (squashed)

(Squashed plantain)
That's what I want
(Squashed plantain)
With rice

(Squashed plantain)
Give me what I want (oh, oh, oh)

(Squashed plantain)
But with rice

Squashed, squashed
Squashed, squashed

(What a squashed plantain, squashed plantain)

Give me some cheese
And a little guarapito now and then

If you give me squashed plantain
I'll eat it deliciously

Oh, but how delicious
I'll eat it fried up nicely

Give me squashed plantain

(What a squashed plantain, squashed plantain)

Escrita por: Ramón A. Chaverra