La Guerra de Gardel

They screwed so much with Gardel
If you were born in France or Tacuarembó
That between Argentina and Uruguay you will see
The terrible war that was started

They started by dynamiting and blowing up
All the bridges over the Uruguay River
And they took that thing about blowing up bridges seriously
They even dynamited the air bridge

Argentina invaded Martin Garcia Island
And Uruguay invaded the Falklands
The English were laughing their heads off
And even the Queen smiled

And on the radio it was already being commented
The Beatles were from Pando
Sinatra from Tucumán
While this nonsense continued
Shedding sister blood
For just one tango

In Uruguay a decree prohibited
Be named Evita or Diego
And in Argentina nobody could be called
Obdulio, Enzo, Paco or Jonathan

The Uruguayans shouted olelé olalá
San Martin eats it, Artigas gives it to him
And the blondes of New York sang Gardel!
Take a stroll around the YMCA

In Uruguay they shot in front of a firing squad
To those who spoke of idiot and dude
And in Argentina if you used mate and thermos often
You were surely missing

And even the Pope was hit with the burden
He said a mass in lunfardo
And he danced tango with the cross
Until a book of dubious origin
It made them aware
When his story came to light

And that book told unfounded lies
That no one ever tried
That they only knew it as the Creole thrush
And instead Julio Sosa of tango was the male
It was also invented that the biaba was given
And she just happened to stay there in Medellin

But they felt so much shame
That they could not resist anymore
Being compatriots of a traitor
They decided by shaking hands
That Carlitos was Peruvian
We are brothers
From the heart