Susanita · Juan D'Arienzo · 1957

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Ese amor que nos unía, mi querida Susanita, esa noche en aquel baile para siempre terminó, cuando 'El Chiche', petitero, hermanito de Cholita, sin decir ni buenas noches te sacó a bailar el rock... Cuando vi que te tiraba para abajo, para arriba, reaccioné de tal manera que la rabia me cegó, me llevaron por desorden y me dieron cinco días y bailando vos seguías, ¿te acordás?, el rock and roll... Susanita, vos sabés que te quería, vos sabés que me moría, por la gloria de tu amor. Che, pebeta, te volviste petitera, vos que fuiste tan tanguera no me hagás esta traición... Susanita... para vos seré un guarango yo me quedo con el tango vos quedate con el rock... Cómo puede ser posible que cometas la locura... Pero escuchá este tango y después me la contás; para mí eso no es baile, sólo es una chifladura mezcla rara de acrobacia, combinada con el catch... Todavía estás a tiempo de salvarte, Susanita, voy a ir hasta tu casa para darte la ocasión, quiero oír en tu vitrola el tango 'La cumparsita', que es la forma de ganarte otra vez mi corazón.

English · machine translation

That love that joined us, my dear Susanita, that night at that dance ended forever, when 'El Chiche', the smart-set boy, Cholita's little brother, without so much as a good evening took you off to dance the rock... When I saw him throwing you down and up again, I reacted in such a way that rage blinded me, they took me in for disorderly conduct and gave me five days and you went on dancing, remember?, the rock and roll... Susanita, you know that I loved you, you know that I was dying for the glory of your love. Hey, girl, you've turned into a smart-set thing, you who were such a tango girl don't do me this betrayal... Susanita... to you I'll be a boor I'm staying with the tango you keep the rock... How is it possible you'd commit such madness... But listen to this tango and afterward tell me about it; to my mind that's not dancing, it's only a craze a strange mix of acrobatics combined with all-in wrestling... There's still time to save yourself, Susanita, I'm going to go to your house to give you the chance, I want to hear on your record player the tango 'La cumparsita', which is the way to win my heart back again.