Si de Cantar Se Trata
Con vitillo y con machaco
Yo aprendí la chacarera
La cantaba todo el día
Allá en salta campo afuera
Andando por payogasta
De changuito ya sabía
Aunque nos llenen de gringos
A ellos no los cambiaría
Me rodeaban las guitarras
Bombos y trajes de gaucho
Pucha que lindo les quedan
A todos esos paisanos
Si ya tenes veinte años
Y no sabes decidirte
Venite pa' el folklore
No hace falta que te invite
Me duele si del folklore
Dicen que es cosa de viejo
Si sos joven prometeme
No aflojarle ni un momento
Si cantando en las reuniones
Por ahí alguno se ríe
No te aflijas, perdonalo
No conoce sus raíces
Me parece haber oído
Decir que se está acabando
Con tu mano y con la mía
Vamos a seguir tirando
Si seguís con veinte años
Afinando la guitarra
Llévate todo el folklore
Por donde quiera que vayas
If it's about singing
With vitillo and machaco
I learned the chacarera
I sang it all day
Out in the fields of Salta
Walking through Payogasta
I already knew the changuito
Even if they fill us with foreigners
I wouldn't change them
I was surrounded by guitars
Drums and gaucho outfits
Wow, how nice they look
On all those countrymen
If you're already twenty years old
And can't decide
Come to folklore
I don't need to invite you
It hurts me if they say
Folklore is for old people
If you're young, promise me
Not to give up for a moment
If singing at gatherings
Someone laughs
Don't worry, forgive them
They don't know their roots
I seem to have heard
That it's ending
With your hand and mine
Let's keep going
If you're still twenty years old
Tuning the guitar
Take all the folklore
Wherever you go