Milonga Del Hornero
Pasto verde, pasto seco
En San Antonio de Areco
El hornero Don Perico
Hace barro con el pico
Pasa un gorrión y saluda
No necesitan ayuda?
No precisamos ladrones
Le contestan los pichones
Cuando el nido está acabado
Dan un baile con asado
Doña Perica, la hornera
Baila zamba y chacarera
Doña Perica, la hornera
Baila zamba y chacarera
Vuelve el gorrión atorrante
Vestido de vigilante
Haciéndose el distraído
Roba miguitas del nido
Papá! Gritan los pichones
Han entrado los ladrones
Don Perico ve al gorrión
Y lo obliga a ser peón
Doña Perica lo llama
Y lo toma de mucama
Los pichones, de niñera
Que les dé la mamadera
El gorrión lava y cocina
Barre, plancha, cose y trina
Miren, miren que primor
Un ladrón trabajador
Hornero's Milonga
Green grass, dry grass
In San Antonio de Areco
The ovenbird Don Perico
Makes mud with its beak
A sparrow passes by and greets
Don't they need help?
We don't need thieves
Answer the fledglings
When the nest is finished
They have a dance with barbecue
Doña Perica, the ovenbird wife
Dances zamba and chacarera
Doña Perica, the ovenbird wife
Dances zamba and chacarera
The mischievous sparrow returns
Dressed as a watchman
Pretending to be distracted
Steals crumbs from the nest
Dad! The fledglings shout
The thieves have entered
Don Perico sees the sparrow
And forces him to be a laborer
Doña Perica calls him
And takes him as a maid
The fledglings, as babysitter
To give them the bottle
The sparrow washes and cooks
Sweeps, irons, sews, and chirps
Look, look what a wonder
A hardworking thief