A slow-tempo melody. This song in the Argentinean traditional style of Chacarera has a springy and playful feel to the rhythm and instrumentation. Saxophone and violin provide sensuous melodic counterpoints with the bombo and hand clapping accentuating the rhythmic syncopations of the style.
The poetic song lyrics (Spanish) are those of a lover in the mountains.
I go singing through the mountains this tender chacareda, little song of the humble, hope of my land. In the trunk of a tala tree I have a violin hidden to bewitch your waist with the light of its sound. When you said I love you, under the moon of the hill I will leave under my pillow the crystal of your memory. And even though I don't have you, I'm not afraid of being forgotten because the spirit of my kisses stayed to live with you. In the chest of the night there is a treasure of stars illuminating the path to your skin and your skirt. Sometimes I say your name softly by the river, and it seems to me that the foam also says it with me. Darkness of the path, little song of wood, let the star come out and chase away all my sorrows. And even though I don't have you, I'm not afraid of being forgotten because the spirit of my kisses stayed to live with you.
Voy cantando por los montes
esta tierna chacareda,
sonsito de los humildes,
esperanza de mi tierra.
En el tronquito de un tala
tengo un violín escondido
para embrujar tu cintura
con la luz de su sonido.
Cuando dijiste te quiero,
bajo la luna del cerro
va dejar bajo mi almohada
el cristal de tu recuerdo.
Y a pesar que no te tengo
no me da miedo el olvido
porque el duende de mis besos
se quedó a vivir contigo.
En el cofre de la noche
hay un tesoro de estrellas
alumbrando el senderito
a tu piel y a tu pollera.
A veces digo tu nombre
en voz baja junto al río,
y se me hace que la espuma
también lo dice conmigo.
Oscurita del camino,
cancioncita de madera,
deja que salga el lucero
y ahuyente todas mis pena.
Y a pesar que no te tengo
no me da miedo el olvido
porque el duende de mis besos
se quedó a vivir contigo.