Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Carlos Gardel
Canonical path: /carlos-gardel/chinita
Related lyric paths: 6
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Chinita
Read Chinita lyrics by Carlos Gardel on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Chinita
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Una chinita macuca
De amor me tiene cegado
Y estoy tan enamorado
Que ya no sé lo que hacer
Es tanta mi disciplina
Que soy un pobre soldado
Que se la pasa apostado
Custodiando su querer
Hace un año que hago guardia
A su amor, que es mi ideal
Y en el campo 'e su cariño
Soy recluta nada más
En la lucha siempre firme
Noche y día me he de estar
Para ver si rindo el fuerte
De su cariño irreal
Si tuviera jerarquía
De teniente o capitán
A cañonazos rendía
Su indiferencia tenaz
Pero solo soy un conscrito
Un pobre recluta más
A quien ella grita: Alerta
Y el contesta: Alerta está
Pobre conscrito el que viva
De una china enamorao
Como se verá obsequiado
Por la dueña 'e su querer
Le faltarán cigarrillos
Estará siempre arrestado
Métale paso y fregao
Por cinco pesos al mes
Si tuviera jerarquía
De teniente o capitán
A cañonazos rendía
Su indiferencia tenaz
Pero solo soy un conscrito
Un pobre recluta más
A quien ella grita: Alerta
Y el contesta: Alerta está
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Carlos Gardel performs "Chinita", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Gardel catalog on LyroVerse.
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