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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/canoitas-tristes
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Canoítas Tristes
Read Canoítas Tristes lyrics by Mercedes Sosa on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Canoítas Tristes
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Llanto que se va en la tarde
Buscando dónde anidar
Lleva río abajo el canto
De esta pena vieja de mi litoral
Guitarreando una esperanza
Sauce y viento llevarán
Galopando, la nostalgia
Del gurí dolido de tanto remar
Sangra el ceibo al besar el sol
Su garganta quiere cantar:
Canoítas tristes, siempre río abajo
¡Canten en vez de llorar
Liñador del alma, el viento
Quiere ser un pescador
Y arrojar sobre la pena
Del mudo ranchito, su pesca mayor.
Despeinando su tristeza
Camalotales en flor
Aguas arriba, cantando
Alzarán un día su ardiente verdor
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Mercedes Sosa performs "Canoítas Tristes", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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