La Mancha
Banda Alameda
The Stain
When a man is poor, he's crazy
He has no money, works to exhaustion
Mostly if he's in love
Without that brunette, he can't live
Oh, what a black stain poverty is
When a poor man talks to them about love
He takes off his hat and starts to speak
They answer him right away
Indecent drunkard, you have a bad life
Oh, what a black stain poverty is
"And so fat that the rich make me sick
And off I go, my buddy, like a shot"
When a rich man talks to them about love
With shame and all, they say yes
Oh, then they talk among themselves
Mr. So-and-so spoke to me, I responded
Oh, what a black stain poverty is
These are the verses of the stain
Let no one be offended and go say
Because the rich belittle the poor
Without the poor, the rich can't live
Oh, what a black stain poverty is
