Corrientes y Esmeralda (part. Alberto Echagüe)

The tough guys have calmed down
By your corners
When a little punk
Laced up his kicks
And they showed off
Their wild moves
Back in nineteen-oh-two

That corner in the city
You set the standard
In a mix
Of rum and gin fizz
English pass and gambling
Baccarat and betting
Cane shots and crazies
Rushing in a hurry

The Odeon is alive
The real academy
Bouncing to tangos
At the Royal Pigalle

And the rest is at stake
The aching anemia
Waiting for the streetcar
To take it to the hood

From Emerald to the north
By the Retiro side
Momparma is coming
As prayer time falls
It's the French girl
Looking for some cash
Dodging the lens
That the button throws

It's turned into a poem
Carlos de la Púa
And Pascual Contursi
Was your loyal friend

In your local corner
Any parrot
Dreams of the style
Of Carlos Gardel