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Artist: Mercedes Sosa
Canonical path: /mercedes-sosa/vallecito
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Vallecito
Read Vallecito lyrics by Mercedes Sosa on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Vallecito
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Vallecito de Huaco donde nací
sombras del fuerte abuelo que ya se fue;
a tu molino viejo quiero volver
hoy que de amarga vida probé la hiel.
Lejos de ti
de mi querencia,
pobre de mí,
me paso llorando ausencias,
me paso llorando ausencias.
Recitado
Cuando me doble el cansancio de mis afanes perdidos
he de tornar a la sombra de tus viejas arboledas,
al frescor de tus aleros, a la paz de tus sembrados,
al oro de tu poniente cuando prolonga la tarde
su agonía entre las lomas, al fogón de tus pastores
envejecidos de invierno, entre cantos de cencerros
y quejumbres de vihuelas con el ¡ay! de las tonadas
y en callada mansedumbre como quien se va durmiendo,
quiero morirme sonriendo bajo la luz de tu cielo.
Acaso cierren mis ojos las piadosas manos magras
de alguna vieja huaqueña... de negro rebozo pobre
y antiguo credo cristiano.
Te canto Vallecito por recordar
tus verdes alfalfares mi huerto en flor
el oro de tus trigos, el manantial
y la lejana estrella que reflejó.
Lejos de ti
de mi querencia,
pobre de mí,
me paso llorando ausencias,
me paso llorando ausencias.
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Mercedes Sosa performs "Vallecito", and this lyric page sits inside the Mercedes Sosa catalog on LyroVerse.
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