‘‘ Remembranza de Pregones’’

VOICE 1: Real dough, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up, come out, pretty girls to the window to buy, I'll bring you real dough for a kilo. I'm going with real dough, what's up, what's up, what's up, what's up. VOICE 2: The coquiminí, coquí, cocá, look at it there and how sticky it is. Coqui, cocá, I bring it here with the coquiminí that's already leaving, the coquiminí, VOICE 3: At five for a real I bring the orange from China, Johnson banana and apple, I bring yellow squash, good watermelons and Castilian melons. CHORUS: My grandmother used to tell me. My grandmother used to tell me, VOICE 1: Güiro CHORUS: That the street cries were beautiful, from countless vendors, VOICE 1: Timbero CHORUS: That to sell their things, they improvised melodies, after she explained to me, VOICE 1: Listen well CHORUS: The things they were selling, very happily she would sing me the different cries with this beautiful melody. CHORUS: Like this, like this, said a vendor, Like this, like this said a vendor, VOICE 1: How nice. CHORUS: That I heard him calling out wherever I went. But listen to it, listen to it, listen to it. But listen to it, listen to it, listen well, What a beautiful cry. Little blanket for the floor. How much? A peseta. Clothesline sticks. VOICE 1: Timbero CHORUS: Your clothes won't get dirty, nor will the string fall. Lady, I bring the wire clothesline. VOICE 3: Listen. CHORUS: For hanging the clothes. And they're so good. VOICE 3: How nice. CHORUS: And they're so good that the stick doesn't fall off. That's how it is, said a vendor, That's how it is, said a vendor, That I heard him calling out. VOICE 1: How lovely, how lovely. CHORUS: Wherever he went. VOICE 3: That I sell to you cheap, I sell to you cheap. CHORUS: Buy from me, that I sell to you cheap. VOICE 1: I sell yellow squash, watermelon, and cantaloupe. CHORUS: Buy from me, that I sell to you cheap. VOICE 1: Oh, lady, don't be mean, but look, buy from me. CHORUS: Buy from me, that I sell to you cheap. VOICE 3: So that you can try it. CHORUS: Buy from me, I'll sell it to you cheap. VOICE 1: The tomatoes are ripe, the lettuces are fresh. CHORUS: Buy from me, I'll sell it to you cheap. VOICE 3: I'm selling a little blanket for the floor, I don't want any commitment. CHORUS: Buy from me, I'll sell it to you cheap. VOICE 1: I'll sell you the real deal, I'll sell it to you by the kilo. CHORUS: Buy from me, I'll sell it to you cheap. VOICE 1: My dear customer, don't go to sleep without trying my coquiminí. CHORUS: Buy from me, I'll sell it to you cheap (…)

VOZ 1: Masa real,
que hay, que hay, que hay, que hay,
salgan las niñas bonitas
a la ventana a comprar
yo les traigo la masa real
a un kilito.
Me voy con la masa real,
que hay, que hay, que hay, que hay.

VOZ 2: El coquiminí, coquí, cocá,
mírenlo ahí
y qué amelcochado está.
Coqui, cocá, yo traigo aquí con el coquiminí que ya se va,
el coquiminí,

VOZ 3: A cinco por un real
yo traigo la naranja de China,
platanito Johnson y manzano,
traigo calabaza amarilla,
melones de agua y de Castilla buenos.

CORO: Mi abuela a mí me decía.
Mi abuela a mí me decía
VOZ 1: Güiro
CORO: Que eran lindos los pregones que en las calles se escuchaban,
de un sinfín de vendedores
VOZ 1: Timbero
CORO: Que para vender sus cosas,
melodías improvisaban,
después que ella me explicaba,
VOZ 1: Oye bien
CORO: Las cosas que ellos vendían,
muy alegre me cantaba
los diferentes pregones
con esta linda melodía.

CORO: Así, así, decía un vendedor,
Así, así decía un vendedor
VOZ 1: Qué rico.
CORO: Que yo lo oía pregonar
por donde quiera que andaba.
Pero óyelo, óyelo, óyelo.
Pero óyelo, óyelo, óyelo bien,
Qué lindo pregón.
Frazadita para el piso
¿A cómo?
A peseta.
Palitos de tendedera.
VOZ 1: Timbero
CORO: No se te ensucia la ropa, ni se te cae el cordel.
Casera, yo traigo
la tendedera de alambre
VOZ 3: Oye.
CORO: Para tender la ropa
Y son tan buenas
VOZ 3: Qué rico
CORO: Y son tan buenas
que no se les cae el palito

Así, así, decía un vendedor,
Así, así, decía un vendedor,
Que yo lo oía pregonar
VOZ 1: Qué lindo, qué lindo
CORO: Por donde quiera que andaba.
VOZ 3: Que yo te vendo barato, yo te vendo barato
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 1: Vendo calabaza amarilla, melón de agua y de castilla
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 1: Ay, caserita, no seas mala, pero mira, cómprame.
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 3: Para que lo pruebe usted.
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 1: Los tomates están maduros, las lechugas fresquecitas.
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 3: Vendo frazadita para el piso, yo no quiero compromiso
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 1: Que yo te vendo el masa real, te lo vendo a kilito
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
VOZ 1: Caserita, no te acuestes a dormir sin probar mi coquiminí.
CORO: Cómprame que yo te vendo barato
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