El carretero

The Cart Driver

El carretero

No life is more draggedNo hay vida más arrastrada
Than that of the poor cart driverQue la del pobre carrero
With the whip in handCon la picana en la mano
Whipping the front oxPicando al buey delantero
Front one, ox, ox, ox!¡Delantero, bueya, bueya, buey!
(Whistling decreasing)(Chiflidos en decrecendo)
Larará, la, la, la, lalero (ox, ox)Larará, la, la, la, lalero (bueya, buey)
La, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, laLa, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, la

Companion of my lifeCompañero de mi vida
I carry my whipHuy cargo con mi sazarca
Vertigo doesn't breakNo se le quiebra el vértigo
Without a good white whipSin que se buen cona blanca
Good white whip, ox, ox, ox!¡Cona blanca, bueya, bueya, buey!
(Whistling decreasing)(Chiflidos en decrecendo)
Larará... La, la, la, lalero (ox, ox)Larará... La, la, la, lalero (bueya, buey)
La, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, laLa, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, la

I left MontevideoSalí de Montevideo
Heading homeEn direición a mi casa
My wife must be sayingMi mujer estará diciendo
My husband brings nonsenseMi marido trai saraza
Nonsense, ox, ox, ox!¡Saraza, bueya, bueya, buey!
(Whistling decreasing)(Chiflidos en decrecendo)
Larará, la, la, la, lalero (ox, ox)Larará, la, la, la, lalero (bueya, buey)
La, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, laLa, la, ra, ra, ra, ra; la, ra, ra, la, la, la
Red one, red one, ox, ox, ox!¡Colorao, colorao, bueya, bueya, buey!