Mercedes - Simón Díaz

Mercedes se está bañando en las orillas de un río

Mis ojos la están mirando, pero es de un amigo mío

Yo no quisiera mirarla pero no tengo la culpa

Se parece a una esmeralda con flores de chupa chupa

Que yo le avise a mi amigo, muy difícil me resulta

Yo no quisiera mirarla pero no tengo la culpa

Se parece a una esmeralda con flores de chupa chupa

Que yo le avise a mi amigo, muy difícil me resulta

Allá hay un caimán ceba’o que mide más de una cuadra

Con más cachos que un venado y más dientes que 20 babas

Ella inocente de todo se baña sin percatarse

Que cuando llegue al recodo el caimán puede acercarse

Y yo solo en la barranca, y Mercedes sin fijarse

Ella inocente de todo se baña sin percatarse

Que cuando llegue al recodo el caimán puede acercarse

Y yo solo en la barranca, y Mercedes sin fijarse

Me voy corriendo a su casa pa que mi amigo lo sepa

Le echaré una cantaleta y le digo lo que pasa

Que hay un inmenso peligro que corre allí su mujer

Que se lo dice un amigo, que algo tenemos que hacer

Que vaya pronto a salvarla, y de ñapa voy con el

Que hay un inmenso peligro que corre allí su mujer

Que se lo dice un amigo, que algo tenemos que hacer

Que vaya pronto a salvarla, y de ñapa voy con el

Cuando llegamos al pozo la mujer no se veía

El caimán patas arriba, dormía de lo más sabroso

Le di el pésame en el acto y abrazándolo le digo

Eso pasa a cada rato, que son cosas del destino

Y que de aquí en adelante

Que cuente con un amigo

Le di el pésame en el acto y abrazándolo le digo

Eso pasa a cada rato, que son cosas del destino

Y que de aquí en adelante

Que cuente con un amigo

Mercedes is bathing on the banks of a river

My eyes are looking at her, but she is from a friend of mine

I wouldn't want to look at her but it's not my fault

She looks like an emerald with lollipop flowers

For me to notify my friend, it is very difficult for me

I wouldn't want to look at her but it's not my fault

She looks like an emerald with lollipop flowers

For me to notify my friend, it is very difficult for me

There is a ceba'o alligator that measures more than a block

With more horns than a deer and more teeth than 20 slimes

She innocent of everything she bathes without realizing it

That when she reaches the corner the alligator can approach

And I alone in the ravine, and Mercedes without noticing

She, innocent of everything, bathes without realizing it

That when it reaches the corner the alligator can approach

And I alone in the ravine, and Mercedes without noticing

I'm going to run to her house so my friend knows

I'll give him a little song and tell him what's going on

That there is an immense danger that his wife runs there

That a friend tells him, that we have to do something

That he go soon to save her, and I'm going with him as a ñapa

That there is an immense danger that his wife runs there

That a friend tells him, that we have to do something

That he go soon to save her, and I'm going with him as a ñapa

When we arrived at the well the woman was not visible

The alligator upside down, slept in the tastiest

I gave him my condolences on the spot and hugging him I say

That happens from time to time, which are things of destiny

And that from now on

have a friend

I gave him my condolences on the spot and hugging him I say

That happens from time to time, which are things of destiny

And that from now on

have a friend