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Singer: Juan Carlos COBIANSinger 2: Francisco FiorentinoComposer: Fausto FronteraAuthor: Gerónimo Martinelli Massa y Ismael Aguilar

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Lyrics
Como un bostezo del barrio pobre
Abrió sus puertas, el bodegón,
Y el parroquiano de todas las mañanas
En ancas de un: “¡Buen día!”, un trago demandó.
Es el de siempre, que apenas abren
Con una caña saluda al sol,
El “rey de copas”, el clásico borracho,
Que en todas las esquinas palpita un mostrador.
 
Y con el mote de “El Rey de Copas”
Lo bautizaron en la barriada,
Le toma el pelo la purretada
Y es candidato para el botón.
¡Qué saben ellos de su tragedia!
¡Qué sabe el mundo lo que ha sufrido!
Por qué pesares ha envejecido
Sobre el estaño del bodegón.
 
“¡Pa´ qu´es esquina, si no despachan!”
El hombre dice con gran dolor,
Y entre las burlas de pibes y comadres
Un cabo lo remolca, camino a la sección.
“¡Pa´ qu´es esquina, si no despachan!”
El “rey de copas” vuelve a exclamar...
La tarde en tanto, se carga de penumbras
Y triste, tristemente, se va del arrabal...
English translation
Like a yawn of the poor neighborhood
The bodegón opened its doors,
And the parishioner of every morning
On the heels of a: "Good morning!", demanded a drink.
He is the usual one, who as soon as they open
With a cane he greets the sun,
The "king of drinks", the classic drunkard,
Who at every corner throbs a counter.
 
And with the nickname of "El Rey de Copas" (The King of Drinks)
They baptized him in the neighborhood,
The "purretada" teases him
And he's a candidate for the button.
What do they know of his tragedy!
What does the world know of what he has suffered!
By what sorrows he has grown old
On the tin of the still life.
 
"What's the corner for, if they don't dispatch!"
The man says with great pain,
And amidst the jeers of the boys and girls.
A corporal tows him, on his way to the section.
"What's the corner for, if they don't dispatch!"
The "king of drinks" exclaims again....
The afternoon in the meantime, is loaded with gloom
And sadly, sadly, it leaves the suburb...

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