La Guerra de Gardel

Gardel's War

La Guerra de Gardel

They screwed so much with GardelTanto que jodieron con Gardel
If you were born in France or TacuarembóSi nació en Francia o Tacuarembó
That between Argentina and Uruguay you will seeQue entre Argentina y Uruguay ya van a ver
The terrible war that was startedLa terrible guerra que se armó

They started by dynamiting and blowing upEmpezaron por dinamitar y volar
All the bridges over the Uruguay RiverTodos los puentes sobre el río Uruguay
And they took that thing about blowing up bridges seriouslyY eso de volar puentes lo tomaron en serio
They even dynamited the air bridgeDinamitaron hasta el puente aéreo

Argentina invaded Martin Garcia IslandArgentina invadió la isla Martín García
And Uruguay invaded the FalklandsY Uruguay invadió las Malvinas
The English were laughing their heads offLos ingleses se cagaban de risa
And even the Queen smiledY hasta la Reina esbozó una sonrisa

And on the radio it was already being commentedY en la radio ya se estaba comentando
The Beatles were from PandoLos Beatles eran de Pando
Sinatra from TucumánSinatra de Tucumán
While this nonsense continuedMientras seguía esta macana
Shedding sister bloodDerramando sangre hermana
For just one tangoPor un tango nada más

In Uruguay a decree prohibitedEn Uruguay un decreto prohibió
Be named Evita or DiegoLlevar por nombre Evita o Diego
And in Argentina nobody could be calledY en Argentina nadie se podía llamar
Obdulio, Enzo, Paco or JonathanObdulio, Enzo, Paco o Jonathan

The Uruguayans shouted olelé olaláLos yoruguas gritaban olelé olalá
San Martin eats it, Artigas gives it to himSan Martín se la come, Artigas se la da
And the blondes of New York sang Gardel!Y la rubias de New York cantaban ¡Gardel!
Take a stroll around the YMCADate una vuelta por la Y.M.C.A

In Uruguay they shot in front of a firing squadEn Uruguay fusilaban frente a un pelotón
To those who spoke of idiot and dudeA los que hablaban de boludo y chabón
And in Argentina if you used mate and thermos oftenY en Argentina si usabas mate y termo seguido
You were surely missingDe seguro eras un desaparecido

And even the Pope was hit with the burdenY hasta al Papa le tiraron con el fardo
He said a mass in lunfardoRezó una misa en lunfardo
And he danced tango with the crossY bailó tango con la cruz
Until a book of dubious originHasta que un libro de dudosa procedencia
It made them awareLes hizo tomar conciencia
When his story came to lightCuando su historia salió a luz

And that book told unfounded liesY ese libro contaba mentiras infundadas
That no one ever triedQue nunca nadie probó
That they only knew it as the Creole thrushQue solo lo conocían como el zorzal criollo
And instead Julio Sosa of tango was the maleY en cambio Julio Sosa del tango era el varón
It was also invented that the biaba was givenTambién se le inventaba que se daba la biaba
And she just happened to stay there in MedellinY justo fue a quedarla allá por Medellín

But they felt so much shamePero fue tanta la vergüenza que sintieron
That they could not resist anymoreQue ya no resistieron
Being compatriots of a traitorSer compatriotas de un traidor
They decided by shaking handsDecidieron dándose la mano
That Carlitos was PeruvianQue Carlitos era peruano
We are brothersSomo' hermano'
From the heartDe corazón