El día que Artigas se emborrachó (2003)
El Cuarteto de Nos
The Day Artigas Got Drunk (2003)
"My authority is your sister
and she bows before my sovereign presence"
The day Artigas got drunk
he messed up like a good lord
but as no book ever told
that's why now I grab and tell you.
With a slurred tongue, the general explained
what colors he would use in his flag:
"white and red in honor of the wine I drank,
and blue for the buzz I got afterwards".
And he got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
and he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
"We arrived at Ayuí with the eastern exodus"
he shouted making 's' sounds, our general
and a local warned him 'but you're wasted,
this is not Ayuí, can't you see it's Miguelete'.
He reached Hervidero and before stumbling
he asked what time the Banda Oriental played
he took a bicarbonate that he burped later
and he renamed that town Purificación.
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
That day he left about ten pregnant women
he married his somewhat retarded cousin
he told Posadas 'grab her, I'm growing'
and he vomited on the instructions of year thirteen.
Drunk as a skunk he said 'I like that Chinese girl'
and it was actually none other than black Ansina,
he fought Lavalleja who tried to explain
but the buzz only left him in Paraguay.
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
and he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
He got drunk, because he lost the war
and he got drunk, because someone betrayed him
and he got drunk, and the homeland thanked him.
"Waiter: a Whiskey for the defeated!"
