Garufa · Bachicha · 1928

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Del barrio La Mondiola sos el más rana y te llaman Garufa por lo bacán; tenés más pretensiones que bataclana que hubiera hecho suceso con un gotán. Durante la semana, meta laburo, y el sábado a la noche sos un doctor: te encajás las polainas y el cuello duro y te venís p'al centro de rompedor. Garufa, ¡pucha que sos divertido! Garufa, ya sos un caso perdido; tu vieja dice que sos un bandido porque supo que te vieron la otra noche en el Parque Japonés. Caés a la milonga en cuanto empieza y sos para las minas el vareador; sos capaz de bailarte la Marsellesa, la Marcha a Garibaldi y El Trovador. Con un café con leche y una ensaimada rematás esa noche de bacanal y al volver a tu casa, de madrugada, decís: 'Yo soy un rana fenomenal'.

English · machine translation

In the neighborhood of La Mondiola you're the biggest frog and they call you Garufa because you're so cool; you have more pretensions than a bataclana who would have made success with a gotán. During the week, you have a lot of work to do, and on Saturday night you're a doctor: you put on your leggings and your stiff collar and you come to the center as a breaker. You're fun! you're so much fun! Garufa, you're already a hopeless case; your old lady says you are a bandit because she knew you were seen the other night in the Japanese Park. You fall into the milonga as soon as it starts and you are for the mines the vareador; you are able to dance the Marseillaise, the March to Garibaldi and The Troubadour. With a coffee with milk and an ensaimada you finish off that night of bacchanal and when you return home, in the wee hours of the morning, you say: 'I am a phenomenal frog'.