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Artist: Carlos Vives
Canonical path: /vives-carlos/el-alimirante-de-padilla
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El Alimirante de Padilla
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El Alimirante de Padilla
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Allá en la Guajira arriba
Donde nace el contrabando
El Almirante Padilla barrió a
Puerto Lopez lo dejó arruinao
Pobre Tite, pobre Tite
Pobre Tite Socarras
Ahora se encuentra muy triste
Lo ha perdido todo por contrabandeár
Ahora pa'donde irá, ahora pa'donde irá?
A ganarse la vida el Tite Socarras
Ahora pa'donde irá, ahora pa'donde irá?
A ganarse la vida sin contrabandeá
Barco, pirata, bandido
Que Santo Tomas me crea
Una fiesta le he ofrecido
Cuando un submarino lo volteé en Corea
Pobre Tite, pobre Tite
La armada le salió lista
Hombe! Que ahora esta muy triste
Lo ha perdido todo por contrabandista
El que tiene es el que pierde
Eso dice Socarras
Ese dicho, no es mi dicho
Porque yo Escalona
No he perdido nada
Unos pierden porque juegan
Escalona enamorando
Pero el Tite, pobrecito
Lo ha perdido todo por el contrabando
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Carlos Vives performs "El Alimirante de Padilla", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Vives catalog on LyroVerse.
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