Un Baile a Beneficio (part. Jorge Vidal)

A Benefit Dance (feat. Jorge Vidal)

Un Baile a Beneficio (part. Jorge Vidal)

With the tall PantaleónCon el lungo Pantaleón
Crazy Pepino and JuanPepino y loco Juan
The hairy SantillanEl peludo Santillan
Tito and crooked RamónTito y el chueco Ramón
We went with the intentionSalimos con la intención
Of going to a lousy danceDe ir a un bailongo fulero
For the benefit of a prisonerA beneficio de un reo
Who was locked upQue se hallaba engayolao
In Devoto and accusedEn Devoto y acusao
For theft mattersPor asuntos de choreo

Turns out the crazy oneResulta que el loco
Comes from a good familyEs de buena familia
But he has an inconveniencePero tiene un inconveniente
The manEl hombre
Is a chicken collectorEs coleccionista de gallinas

At the bar for drinksAl bufe por la bebida
It was me, Tito, and the hairy oneFui yo Tito y el peludo
Who was already half drunkQue ya estaba medio mudo
From the booze he hadDe la curda que tenía

But there I found a chickPero allí encontré una cría
Sucking like there's no tomorrowChupando que daba gusto
There was the guitarist AugustoEstaba el guitarrero Augusto
Gatillo, the cut PotrancaGatillo, el cortao Potranca
And the deaf guy had a batY el sordo tenía una tranca
That was scary to seeQue de verlo daba susto

This friend always drunkEste amigo siempre borracho
And to think he used to be a hitmanY pensar que era su era maton
The manEl hombre

In the women's environmentEn el ambiente de minas
There were those from MendietaEstaban las de Mendieta
With the skinny PañoletaCon la flaca Pañoleta
La Paja Brava and La ChinaLa Paja Brava y la China
Pichota, the swallowPichota, la golondrina
The thief EncarnaciónLa mechera Encarnación
The fat one from the yardLa gorda del corralón
Sarita from the alleySarita de la cortada
La Grela from PuñaladaLa Grela de Puñalada
And the brown one from the alleyY la parda el' callejón

It was quiteEra un ambiente
A very lively atmosphereBastante bastante
Soneri the atmosphereSoneri el ambiente

Between the dancing and the movesEntre el baile meta y ponga
The black folks were toughQue era brava la negrada
And between cuts and twistsY entre cortes y quebradas
They danced the milongaSe mandaban la milonga

A black woman kind of congaUna negra media conga
Dancing with a guyBailando con un chabón
Stepped on the crazy oneLe dio al loco un pisotón
Right on the bunionPropiamente en el juanete
If Santillan hadn't intervenedSi Santillan no se mete
The crazy one, the crazy one would've punched himEl loco, el loco le da un piñón

But you have to see, friendsPero hay que ver amigos
They always step onSiempre le pisan
The crazy one's bunionEl juanete al loco
Also, if the crazy one hasTambién si el loco tiene
A bunion that looksUn juanete que parece
Like a milanesaUna milanesa

But the guy, such a poserPero el chabón muy careta
Gave the crazy one a slapAl loco le dio un sopapo
The crazy one fell like a toadCayó el loco como un sapo
Making his face ringHaciendo sonar la jeta
Pañoleta intervenedIntervino Pañoleta
To ease the situationPara aliviar la cuestión
The guy wanted to sneak awayEl chabón para un rincón
To a cornerSe las quería picar
But he got hitPero lo hizo sonar
With a slap from PantaleónDe un tortazo Pantaleón

Soon chaos broke outPronto se armó la podrida
Punches, blows, slapsPiñas, trompadas, tortazos
Santillan fired a shotSantillan tiro un balazo
With a gun he hadCon un chumbo que traía

Everyone was runningToda la gente corría
The house was emptyQuedó la casa pelada
To end the eveningPa' terminar la velada
I stole a bandoneonYo me chorie un bandoneon
Pantaleón a pilotUn piloto Pantaleón
And the crazy one with a swollen faceY el loco la jeta hinchada