Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/el-cachapecero
Related lyric paths: 6
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El Cachapecero
Read El Cachapecero lyrics by Mercedes Sosa on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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El Cachapecero
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Algo se mueve en el fondo
del Chaco Boreal
sombras de bueyes y carro
buscando el confín,
lenta mortaja de luna
sobre el cachapé;
muerto el gigante del monte
en su viaje final.
¡Vamos... Tigre... Toro...
Chispa... Guampa...!
Y va encendiendo la floresta
el chicotazo al estallar
y es una música crujiente
por la agreste soledad.
Camino y carro van marchando
y al rodar van despertando
en el hombre
todo un mundo de ilusión.
Cuelga una víbora enroscada
por el techo vegetal
en el peligro del pantano
las pezuñas en tropel
y un túnel verde va llevando
dos pupilas encendidas
sobre el tronco de la vida
rumbo al sol...
¡Vamos... Tigre... Toro...
Chispa... Guampa...!
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Mercedes Sosa performs "El Cachapecero", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Eu Só Peço a Deus and A Monteros with a short reason for opening each page next.
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