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Corrido

Estribillo:
Eso sí, ¿Cómo no? Que bonito, que bonito_es el_amore.
Ya verás, ¿Cómo no? Quando pruebes tú las mieles del amore. Chata, no seas tan remalora, ya no me_hagas padecer,
Cómo ves que te_estoy queriendo_ahora por eso tú no me puedes querer.

Estribillo

Chata, no te-hagas olvidada, ya no me hagas padecer,
Será porque no estás enamorada o porque_es tú modo de querer.

Estribillo

Chata, no seas tan presumida, ya no me_hagas padecer.
Cómo ves que te_estoy. Por é tú no me puedes querer.

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Corrido
Translation by Rudy Ulibarri-Seidel, 4 May 2004

Chorus:
That is it. Why not? How pretty, how pretty love is.
You will see. Why not? When you taste the honey of love. Honey (pug-nosed one), don't be so mean. Already don't make me suffer.
As you see, I am wanting you now. That's why you can't like me.

Chorus:

Honey, don't be so forgetful. Already don't make me suffer.
It must be because you're not in love or because this is your way of loving.

Chorus:

Honey, don't be so haughty. Already don't make me suffer.
As you see, I am giving you my life. That's why you can't love me.

Chorus:

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La Marieta

Estribillo:
Marieta, no seas coqueta, porque los hombres son muy malos.
Prometen muchos regalos, y lo que dan son puros palos. Su mamá dijo_a Marieta, deja ya la pretensión.
Déjate crecer el pelo, y_el vestido tan rabón.
Porque la mujer que tiene el vestido tan cortito.
Cuando llega si_a_agacharse, se le mira muy bonito.

Estribillo

La Marieta fue_a_un mandado que su mamá le_encargó,
Pero_estando_en el mercado a su novio se_encontró.
Cuando regresó_a su casa, su mamita le pegó,
Por poquito del mandado en la calle lo perdió.

Estribillo

A la pobre de Marieta se le quemo_el delantal,
Y si no lo_apaga pronto, la quemada que se da.
La Marieta fue_a los toros. Su mamá no lo sabía,
Porque_andaba de coqueta con los de caballería.

Estribillo

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Marieta
Translation by Rudy Ulibarri-Seidel, 26 April 2004

Chorus:
Marieta don't be coquetish, because the men are very mean.
They promise many gifts, and then they hit you with sticks. Her mother said to Marieta, dispense with the pretentions.
Let your hair grow longer and your dress is too short.
Because who wears her dress so short
When she bends over, it surely looks pretty.

Chorus

Marieta went on an errand on which her mother sent her,
But while she was in the market, she encountered her sweetheart.
When she returned home, her mother hit her
Because the thing for which she went, in the streets she lost it.

Chorus

Alas for poor Marieta, her apron caught on fire.
And if she doesn't quench it quickly, such a burn she will get.
Marieta went to the bullfight. Her mother didn't know about it.
Because she was being coquetish with the horse men (cowboys).

Chorus

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