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Artist: Alfredo Zitarrosa
Canonical path: /alfredo-zitarrosa/madame-ivonne
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Madame Ivonne
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Madame Ivonne
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(Tango)
Madmuasel* Ivonne era una pebeta,
que en el barrio posta del viejo Montmartre,
con su pinta brava de alegre griseta
animó la fiesta de Les Quatre Arts.**
Era la papusa del barrio latino
que supo a los puntos del verso inspirar...
Pero fue que un día llegó un argentino
y a la francesita la hizo suspirar.***
Madame Ivonne,
la Cruz del Sur fue como un sino,
Madame Ivonne,
fue como el sino de tu suerte...
Alondra gris,
tu dolor me conmueve,
tu pena es de nieve...
Madame Ivonne...
Han pasa'o diez años que zarpó de Francia,
Madmuasel* Ivonne hoy sólo es Madame...
La que al ver que todo quedó en la distancia
con ojos muy tristes bebe su champán.
Ya no es la papusa del Barrio Latino,
ya no es la mistonga florcita de lis,
ya nada le queda... Ni aquel argentino
que entre tango y mate la alzó de París.
* Fonético.
** Alfredo Zitarrosa dice "animó la fiesta de aquel bulevar".
** Alfredo Zitarrosa dice "Hasta que un buen día llegó un argentino / que a la francesita la hizo suspirar".
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