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Artist: José González Castillo
Canonical path: /jose-gonzalez-castillo/el-pregon
Related lyric paths: 6
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El pregón
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El pregón
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Arrimaba hasta el barrio
dejando al pasar
el motivo feliz del pregón.
Se dormía en un giro de tango
su andar de malevo altanero y varón.
¿Desde dónde cargaba su estampa
perfumada de menta y jazmín?
Rezbgado quijote de un hampa que fue,
en los tiempos del peringundín.
pregón:
¡Ajo y cebolla, patrona!
¡Menta y cedrón!
El conoció el arrabal,
aquel "del farol
plateando en el fango...",
cuando la luna era un real
de plata maciza
tirada en los charcos.
El conoció las esquinas
pintadas de sombras
bajo las glicinas,
cuando entonaba el pregón
llamando a la dueña
de su corazón.
pregón:
¡Ajo y cebolla, patrona!
¡Menta y cedrón!
Pero el Tiempo,buscando un destino
mejor
para el claro paisaje de ayer
con las verjas del mismo camino
plasmó rascacielos soberbios de fe...
Decorado fatal que lo ahogara,
asesino del viejo portón,
donde otrora esperara gloriosa
su amor
que llegara trayendo el pregón.
pregón:
¡Ajo y cebolla, patrona!
¡Menta y cedrón!
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