En Tierra Extraña
[Copla / Pasodoble]
VOY A CONTARLES A USTEDES
LO QUE A MI ME HA SUCEDIDO
QUE ES LA EMOCION MAS PROFUNDA
QUE EN MI VIDA YO HE SENTIDO
FUE EN NUEVA YORK
UNA NOCHEBUENA
QUE YO PREPARE UNA CENA
PA' INVITAR A MIS PAISANOS
Y EN LA REUNION
TODA DE ESPAÑOLES
ENTRE VIVAS Y ENTRE OLES
POR ESPAÑA SE BRINDO
Y COMO ALLI NO BEBEN POR LA "LEY SECA"
Y SOLO AL QUE ESTA ENFERMO DESPACHAN VINO
YO PAGUE A PRECIO DE ORO UNA RECETA
Y COMPRE EN LA FARMACIA VINO ESPAÑOL
¡VINO ESPAÑOL!, ¡VINO ESPAÑOL!
EL VINO DE NUESTRA TIERRA
BEBIMOS EN TIERRA EXTRAÑA
¡QUE BIEN QUE SABE ESTE VINO
CUANDO SE BEBE LEJOS DE ESPAÑA!
POR ELLA BRINDAMOS TODOS
Y FUE EL FIN DE AQUELLA CENA
LA NOCHEBUENA, MAS BUENA
QUE SOÑAR PUDO UN ESPAÑOL
MAS, DE PRONTO, SE ESCUCHO
UN GRAMOFONO SONAR
"CALLAR TODOS", DIJE YO
Y UN PASODOBLE SE OYO
QUE NOS HIZO SUSPIRAR
CESO LA ALEGRIA
YA TODOS CALLABAN
YA NADIE REIA
QUE TODOS LLORABAN
OYENDO ESTA MUSICA
ALLA, EN TIERRA EXTRAÑA
ERAN NUESTROS SUSPIROS
"SUSPIROS DE ESPAÑA"
In a strange land
[Copla / Pasodoble]
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU
WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME
WHAT IS THE DEEPEST EMOTION
WHAT IN MY LIFE I HAVE FELT
IT WAS IN NEW YORK
A CHRISTMAS EVE
FOR ME TO PREPARE A DINNER
TO INVITE MY COUNTRIES
AND AT THE MEETING
ALL OF SPANISH
BETWEEN LIVES AND BETWEEN OLES
FOR SPAIN IT WAS PROVIDED
AND HOW THEY DON'T DRINK THERE BECAUSE OF THE "DRY LAW"
AND ONLY TO THOSE WHO ARE SICK DO THEY SEND WINE
I PAID A RECIPE AT THE PRICE OF GOLD
AND BUY SPANISH WINE AT THE PHARMACY
SPANISH WINE!, SPANISH WINE!
THE WINE OF OUR LAND
WE DRINK IN A STRANGE LAND
HOW WELL THIS WINE TASTES
WHEN YOU DRINK AWAY FROM SPAIN!
FOR IT WE ALL PROVIDE
AND IT WAS THE END OF THAT DINNER
CHRISTMAS EVE, BETTER
WHAT A SPANISH COULD DREAM
BUT, SUDDENLY, IT WAS HEARD
A SONAR GRAMOPHONE
"SHUT UP EVERYONE", I SAID
AND A DOUBLE PASS WAS HEARD
THAT MADE US SIGH
JOY CEASES
EVERYONE WAS ALREADY SILENT
NOBODY LAUGHED ANYMORE
THAT EVERYONE WAS CRYING
LISTENING TO THIS MUSIC
THERE, IN A STRANGE LAND
THEY WERE OUR SIGHS
"SIGHES OF SPAIN"