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Artist: Violeta Parra
Canonical path: /parra-violeta/la-petaquita
Related lyric paths: 6
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La Petaquita
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La Petaquita
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Tengo una petaquita,
Para ir guardando,
Las penas y pesares,
Que estoy pasando.
Pero algún día,
Pero algún día,
Abro la petaquita
Y la hallo vacía.
Todos los hombres tienen,
En el sombrero,
Un letrero que dice:
Casarme quiero.
Pero algún día,
Pero algún día,
Abro la petaquita y
La hallo vacía.
Todas las niñas tienen,
En el vestido,
Un letrero que dice:
Quiero marido.
Dicen que le hace,
Pero no le hace,
Lo que nunca he tenido,
Falta no me hace.
Pero algún día,
Pero algún día,
Abro la petaquita
Y la hallo vacía.
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Violeta Parra performs "La Petaquita", and this lyric page sits inside the Violeta Parra catalog on LyroVerse.
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