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Artist: Lila Downs
Canonical path: /lila-downs/la-cucaracha
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La Cucaracha
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La Cucaracha
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En la misa y en la feria
Todo el mundo ya lo sabe
Los que llegan al gobierno
Porque se puede comprar
Del partido comunista
Ya no queda casi nada
Ahora todos van buscando
Como hacerse millonadas
Fue la junta de naciones
A poner sus opiniones
Todos no estaban de acuerdo
Donde y cuando bombardear
Se sientan los presidentes
En la silla del gobierno
Luego mandan a la guerra
A la gente de su pueblo
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Que ya no puede caminar
Porque no tiene
Porque le falta
La marijuana que fumar
huaracha muchacha que vamoa huarachar
va una cucaracha que quiere comerciar,
toca, loca ábreme la boca,
buscame una coca que no quiero trabalear,
mica, rica para zapatear,
pido a Victor Jara no me vaya a doblegar,
chama chama al Ché Guevara,
una petición, una cucaracha,
por culpa y omision,
La cucaracha, la cucaracha
Que ya no puede caminar
Porque no tiene
Porque le falta
La marijuana que fumar
Todos se pelean la silla
Que les deja mucha plata
En el norte Pancho Villa
Y en el sur viva Zapata!
Ya murió la cucaracha
Ya la llevan a enterrar
Entre cuatro zopilotes
Y un ratón de sacristán
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