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Artist: Carlos Vives
Canonical path: /vives-carlos/la-piragua
Related lyric paths: 6
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La Piragua
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La Piragua
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Me contaron los abuelos que hace tiempo
Navegaba en el César una piragua
Que partía de El Banco viejo puerto
A las playas de amor en Chimichagua
Zapoteando el vendaval se estremecía
E impasible desafiaba la tormenta
Y un ejército de estrellas la seguía
Tachonándola de luz y de leyenda
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
Era la piragua
Era la piragua
Doce bogas con la piel color majagua
Y con ellas el temible Pedro Albundía
Por las noches a los remos arrancaban
Su melódico rugir de hermosa cumbia
Doce sombras ahora viejas ya no reman
Ya no cruje el maderamen en el agua
Solo quedan los recuerdos en la arena
Donde yace dormitando la piragua
Era la piragua de Guillermo Cubillos
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Carlos Vives performs "La Piragua", and this lyric page sits inside the Carlos Vives catalog on LyroVerse.
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