Calle Angosta

Narrow Street

Calle Angosta

Narrow street, narrow streetCalle angosta, calle angosta
The one with a single sidewalkLa de una vereda sola
I sing to you because you will alwaysYo te canto porque siempre
be in my memoryestarás en mi memoria

You are the humblest streetSos la calle más humilde
Of my Mercedina landDe mi tierra mercedina
You start at the poplarsEn los alamos comienzas
And end at the millY en el molino terminas

Narrow street, narrow streetCalle angosta, calle angosta
If the chocos have barked at meSi me habran ladrau los chocos
A knock, knock, who is it? It was alreadyUn tun, tun, quien es? Ya estaba
With a two-beat tuneA dos picos la tonada
Narrow street, narrow streetCalle angosta, calle angosta
The one with a single sidewalkLa de una vereda sola

Traditional barsTradicionales boliches
Don Manuel and the MirandasDon manuel y los mirandas
Across, crossing the tracksFrente cruzando las vias
Don Calixto, almost nothing!Don calixto, casi nada!

Singers from back thenCantores de aquel entonces
There they would gather in a circleAllí en rueda se juntaban
And in homage to the localsY en homenaje de criollos
They always sang our ownSiempre lo nuestro cantaban