El Bailongo En Lo Del Rengo

The Party at Rengo's Place

El Bailongo En Lo Del Rengo

When the mess started at the lame man's placeCuando se armó el merenjunje en lo del rengo
Sosa by name, he was a person of noble lineageSosa de apelativo, era gente de abolengo
They passed me the cardA mí me pasaron la tarjeta
A half-blind Chinese womanUna china media tuerta
Named slipperyDe nombre resbalosa

And the lame man danced at a half trotY el rengo bailaba medio al trote
Dressed in a tuxedo and espadrille with a mustacheVestido con smoking y alpargata con bigote
Around that time at two in the morningComo a eso a las dos de la madrugada
The goal was messed up, the commissioner cameMeta merunjenjeada, se vino el comisario
And grabbing the lame man in the tuxedoY agarrándolo al rengo del smoking
Grabbing his neck, he said: Come hereCazándole el cogote, le dijo: Venga acá

Where is the permission to dance?¿A dónde está el permiso pa' bailar?
If I said I wouldn't give it to youSi yo dije que yo no te lo daba
You move the dice, you came to playVos movés la taba, te viniste a jugar
Come here, don't shootVení pa' acá, no disparés
Let's see, sergeant, let's see the regulationsA ver che usted, sargento, a ver el reglamento
Teach himEnséñele

The sergeant, who was a bit of a klutzEl sargento, que era medio chambonazo
With a terrible blow from the machete, his neck was cut offDe un terrible machetazo, el cogote le cortó
And right there they threw him to the sideY ahí nomás lo tiraron pa' un costado
And it was re-encased, ready to watch overY quedó re encofinado, ya listo pa' velar

Then the woman came out in flip-flopsDespués, la mujer salió en chancleta
Collecting money to bury himHaciendo la colecta para poderlo enterrar
And then he screamed at the eyelashY, después, le pegó el grito al pestaña
Go get the cane, we're going to celebrateAnda a traer la caña, que vamo' a festejar

So the faithful lame man leftAsí se fue el rengo fiel
And his wife who loved him ardentlyY su mujer, que lo quería con ardor
With Macedo, the payador, she ran away the next dayCon Macedo, el payador, al otro día se fugó

And so that cruel night passedY así pasó esa noche cruel
And I, for wanting to dance cumbiaY yo, por querer bailar la cumbia
They beat me up and that dance ended, what aMe encajaron una tunda y terminó el bailongo aquel, qué
And I, for wanting to dance cumbiaY yo, por querer bailar la cumbia
They beat me up and that dance ended badlyMe encajaron una tunda y terminó el bailongo aquel, to' mal