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Artist: Alfredo Zitarrosa
Canonical path: /alfredo-zitarrosa/seis-figureao-o-si-porque-canto-me-arrestan
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Seis figureao (o Si porque canto me arrestan)*
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Seis figureao (o Si porque canto me arrestan)*
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*Llamado también Seis figuriao, Seis por ocho, Seis florido o Seis corrido o corrío, es el último de los sones del Tamunangue, que se ejecutan y bailan en la fiesta de San Antonio. En los discos de Alfredo Zitarrosa aparece a veces como "Seis figurea'o", mientras que Ángel e Isabel Parra la titulan "Si porque canto me arrestan" Son del Tamunangue
Ay, lalailalaila, laralailala…
Ayer tarde estaba yo,
sentado en una lomita,
haciéndole cacería
a una triste palomita.
Tun, tun, centinela,*
tun, tun, haragán,
ahora con una risita,
ahora con una risá,
ahora cua cua cua cua cuá.
Ay, lalailalaila, laralailala…
Si porque canto me arrestan
me la pasaré llorando,
por qué no arrestan los gallos,
que se la pasan cantando.
A la prima,la prima, la prima,*
a la prima, la prima, la prima, el bordón,
que a las mujeres alegra
las alas del corazón.
Ay, lalailalaila, laralailala…
De los pájaros del monte,
yo soy el pica-la-flor,
que me voy pa' la montaña,
a chuparme lo mejor.
Anda muchacho ahí arriba,*
decímele a Estanislao
que el gallo giro perdió,
que me mande el colora'o.
Ay, lalailalaila, laralailala…
* Ángel e Isabel Parra no cantan estas estrofas.
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