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Artist: Ruben Alberto Benegas
Canonical path: /ruben-alberto-benegas/viejo-cencerro-milonga
Related lyric paths: 6
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Viejo Cencerro (Milonga)
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Viejo Cencerro (Milonga)
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Cencerro, viejo aparcero
De los campos argentino
Pájaro sembrando trinos
Con voz de bronce y acero
Peón sin sueldo, tropillero
Obediente a tu llamada
Se junta la caballada
Que tras la yegua madrina
Enfila con disciplina
Siguiendo tu clarinada
Antaño de mañanita
Cuando los potros pastaban
Y los gauchos escuchaban
El son de tu musiquita
Nacía la vidalita
Para volar en un silbido
Todo el sur ha recorrido
Tu voz criolla y cristalina
Voz de la pampa Argentina
Voz del recuerdo querido
Cencerro clarín sureño
Viejo poeta de bronce
Hablame de aquél entonces
En que era niño mi sueño
Y cantando con empeño
Prendido de la madrina
Traeme en tu voz que afina
Mensajes de tradición
Con gusto a pasto y fogón
De una milonga Argentina
Hoy que ocupás jubilao
En mi rancho un rinconcito
De vez en cuando algún grito
Se te oye si te han tocao
Alerta el viejo soldao
Vuelve a su pampa el lenguaje
Por eso es que nadie ataje
Su sonora voz de fierro
Y que ande vive un cencerro
Esté vibrando el gauchaje
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Ruben Alberto Benegas performs "Viejo Cencerro (Milonga)", and this lyric page sits inside the Ruben Alberto Benegas catalog on LyroVerse.
Are there related songs to explore after "Viejo Cencerro (Milonga)"?
Yes. The related section below points to A Tu Pinta Porteña (Milonga-canción) and Al Galpe Por El Llano (Milonga) with a short reason for opening each page next.
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