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Artist: Quilapayún
Canonical path: /quilapayun/tio-caiman
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Tío Caimán
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Tío Caimán
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Tío caimán
menea la colita,
tío caimán,
como una señorita.
Tío caimán
menea la colota,
tío caimán
como una señorota.
Yo tenía mi casa chica
clavada entre mar y mar
pero vino la tormenta
y con ella tío caimán.
De repente el territorio
de sur a norte se abrió
la parcela que allí estaba
tío caimán se la tragó.
Puso el caimán su bandera
y la mía me la quitó
yo le dije: «tío caimán,
eso no lo aguanto yo»...
Tío caimán hablaba inglés
y andaba por todo el mundo
y en cada sitio que iba
metía su colmillo inmundo.
Hoy con su cola cortada
anda loco el tío caimán
le dieron palos en Cuba
y le dan palo en Vietnam
(Hoy con su cola cortada
caimán se cayó al agua
le dieron palos en Cuba
y también en Nicaragua.)
Y yo como soy moreno
a mí no me engaña naide
le daré palo al caimán
a su padre y a su madre.
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