Caserón de Tejas
Mercedes Sosa
House with Tile Roof
Belgrano neighborhood!
House with tile roof!
Do you remember, sister,
Of the warm nights
On the sidewalk?
When a nearby train
Left us old,
Strange longings
Under the gentle
Temperance of the rose bush?
Everything was so simple!
Clear as the sky!
Good as the tale
That in the sweet naps
Grandpa told us!
When in the little piano
Of the dark room
Bled the pure
Tenderness of a waltz.
It revived! It revived!
In the sleeping voices of the piano,
And with the subtle spell of your hand
The grandfather's coat-tail will come...
Call it! Call it!
We will live the distant tale
That in that house in Belgrano
Defeating the mysterious calls us mom...
Belgrano neighborhood!
House with tile roof!
Where is the water tank,
Where are your courtyards,
Where are your bars?
You will return to the piano,
My old little sister,
And in the melodies
The clear days
Of home will live.
Your smile, sister,
Sheltered my sorrow,
And as in the tale
That in the sweet naps
Grandpa told us,
The little piano will return
To the dark room
To bleed the pure
Tenderness of a waltz...
It revived! It revived!
In the sleeping voices of the piano,
And with the subtle spell of your hand
The grandfather's coat-tail will come...
Call it! Call it!
We will live the distant tale
That in that house in Belgrano
Defeating the mysterious calls us mom...
