El Chamuyo

The Chat

El Chamuyo

It's stirred, it's chatted, it's talked,Se bate, se chamuya, se parola,
It's debated like a convict, like a 'cricket',Se parlamenta reo como, "grilo"
And even if the crowd boos and whistles,Y aunque la barra bufe y de el "estrilo"
The smooth talker is a cool guy.El lengo e' chele es un bacan de gola.

If he's a winner, he's a tough guy and not a coward,Si es vichenzo es cafaña y no la grola
They sing for the lame noodle,Lo catan pal' fideo mancodido,
And there's every scary, sharp-tongued person,Y hay cada espamentoso tirifilo,
Sharper than a long pumpkin.Mas puntiagudo que zapallo angola.

The sly chat is a piece of cake,El chamuyo cafiolo es una papa
Any fool the 'extra' repertoire,Cualquier mistongo el repertorio "ñapa"
And it's respected when spoken by a man,Y es respetao cuando lo parla un macho,
Sometimes if another guy outsmarts me,A veces si otro camba me lo emparda,
There's a showdown program in the brothel,Hay programa de espiche en la busarda
Or it's signed with a knife in the graffiti.O se firma con un feite en el escracho.