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| South America: Venezuela | |
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| El Chiriguare The Caracara | |
Original text | |
Cerca’e la laguna sale el chiriguare, (2x) con rabo de burro y boca de bagre. (2x) Dicen los vecinos del pueblo’e Campoma (2x) que tiene pezuña y tiene corona. (2x) Chiriguare, chiriguare, zamurito te va comé. (2X) Te va comé, te va comé, te va comé, te va comé Te va comé, te va comé, Ya te comió. El brujo Machuco con sus dos peones (2x) mata al chiriguare con sus oraciones. (2x) Sale el zamurito que estaba escondío (2x) bailando un joropo se comió al podrío. (repeat) Chiriguare, chiriguare, zamurito te va comé. (2X) Te va comé, te va comé, te va comé, te va comé Te va comé, te va comé, ¡Ya te comió! | |
English Translation | |
Near the lagoon the caracara comes out, (2x) With a donkey tail and a catfish mouth. (2x) The neighbors from the town of Campoma say, (2x) It has hooves and it has a crown, (2x) Caracara, caracara, the vulture’s going to eat you. (2x) It’s going to eat you, it’s going to eat you… The Wizard Machuco with his two assistants, (2x) Kill the caracara with his prayers. (2x) The vulture comes out, it was hiding, (2x) Dancing a joropo*, he eats the rotten thing. (2x) Caracara, caracara, the vulture’s going to eat you. (2x) It’s going to eat you, it’s going to eat you… Now he’s eaten you! Note: caracara = bird of prey in the falcon family joropo = Venezuelan national dance Credits Song: Venezuelan folk song Animation and text: Courtesy of Rómulo Riera Spanish text and English translation: Beth's Notes | |
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