Las casitas del barrio alto [English translation]

The houses of the high district

with railings and a front yard,

a gorgeous entrance for cars

awaiting a Peugeot.

There are pink ones, green ones,

white ones and celestite ones,

the houses of the high district

all made of recipol.

And the people of the houses

smile and visit each other.

They go together to the supermarket

and everyone has a television.

There are dentists, businessmen,

estate owners and traders,

lawyers and landlords

and everyone wears polycron.

They play bridge, drink martini dry

and the kids are blondes

and with other blondes

they go together to high school.

And the daddy's boy

then goes to the university

starting his predicament

and the social mystery.

He smokes cigarettes in an Austin Mini,

plays with bombs and with politics,

assassinates generals,

and is a gangster of sedition.

And the people of the houses

smile and visit each other.

They go together to the supermarket

and everyone has a television.

There are pink ones, green ones,

white ones and celestine ones,

the houses of the high district

all made of recipol.

• Artist:Victor Jara
• Album:El derecho de vivir en paz (1971)