Cuentos Argentos

Argentinian Tales

Cuentos Argentos

Rain or shine, the old lady scavengesLlueva o no llueva la vieja cartonea,
There's nothing to cookNo hay nada para cocinar...
The little birds, little turdsLos pajaritos, turritos,
Don't sing, they lip-syncno cantan y hacen playback,
To Chayanne's greatest hitsde greatest hites de Chayanne…

And Snow White who's three weeks lateY Blancanieves que tiene un atraso de tres semanas,
And Cinderella who says she only wears All StarsY Cenicienta que dice que ella solo usa All Stars,
Never shoesZapatos jamás...

Poor Mambrú lost an ear in the warPobre, en la guerra Mambrú perdió una oreja
And they won't let him be a pop stary no lo dejan ser pop star...
Little Red Riding Hood, so streetwise, kidnaps grandmaCaperucita, re-villa, secuestra a la abuelita
And with the wolf they go and goy con el lobo "van y van"...

Ever since he smokes 'paquito' Romeo doesn't step out on the balconyDesde que fuma "paquito" Romeo no pisa el balcón,
And Peter Pan blows fortunes on 'taxi-boys'Y Peter Pan se patina fortunas en los "taxi-boys"…

Argentinian tales to force you to sleepCuentos argentos para dormir de prepo,
That my mom used to tell meque me contaba mi mamá...
But you know how it is in the land of I don't rememberPero sabés como es el pais del ni me acuerdo,
Did they end well or badly?¿Terminaban bien o mal?...

The Three Little Pigs have their house foreclosed on MondayA los Tres Chanchitos el lunes les remata
By the Banco Francésla casa el Banco Francés...
The Lamplighter stumbles and spins around nicelyLa Farolera tropieza y yira de lo lindo
In the colonel's brothelen el bulín del coronel...

The picketers won't let Hansel and Gretel throughLos piqueteros ni a Hansel ni a Gretel los dejan pasar,
And Manuelita stays in Paris as an illegal immigrantY Manuelita se queda en París de inmigrante ilegal,
Washing disheslavando platos…

Ever since he drinks 'la Buena' Romeo doesn't step out on the balconyDesde que toma "la Buena" Romeo no pisa el balcón,
And Peter Pan blows fortunes on 'taxi-boys'Y Peter Pan se patina fortunas en los "taxi-boys"...

Argentinian tales to force you to sleepCuentos argentos para dormir de prepo,
That my mom used to tell meque me contaba mi mamá...
But you know how it is in the land of I don't rememberPero sabés como es el pais del ni me acuerdo
Did they end well or badly?¿Terminaban bien o mal?...