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Artist: Inti-Illimani
Canonical path: /inti-illimani/la-cucaracha
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La Cucaracha
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La Cucaracha
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Voy a cantar un corrido
Que anda en toditas las voces
De una mujer de la tropa
Que todo el mundo conoce
En el pueblo de Conejos
Por unas calles muy tiestas
Viene triste y derrotado
El valiente Antonio Zeta
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar
Iban los tres en silencio
Sus pensamientos rumiando
Mientras el destino ciego
Los hilos iba tramando
En los cascos del caballo
Suena el polvo del camino
Ya se van, llora un cariño
Un cariño malogrado
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar
Ya el águila voló
Ya el nopal quedó solito
El fruto de tus amores
Ya no dista del olvido
Ya murió la cucaracha
Ya la llevan a enterrar
Entre cuatro zopilotes
Y un gato de sacristán
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Ya no puede caminar
Porque le falta, porque no tiene
Marihuana que fumar
Y aquí termina el corrido
Que cantó a la cucaracha
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
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