Por culpa del escolazo [English translation]

Because of gambling

I ended up poor

Oh dear!, The things

That I had to be responsible

I could no longer wear elegant

I was lacking cigarettes

And for not liking to beat my chest

Nor the groups for quitting

To be able to drink

I went from whisky to cheap wine

I no longer contributed to the coffee

Nor the gang of the corner

I even kicked out the girls

In the case we had to pay

And on top of it

There was that muddy field

When a tightfisted woman

Who shared the bed with me

Has left me one day

By seeing the things going down

I pawned the ring and the heart

I even endangered the clock chains

I went from the downtown to la Boca

To live in a balcony

The tenement house air

Has been reaching me quickly

By force of hard bread

I could no longer waste

And for not taking it anymore

I became friend of work

Today I bid farewell to the mess

Of gambling and halting

No more crazy life

The roulette no longer works

A concubine who calms me down

Shows the benefits

And without making sacrifices

When there's a blistering winter cold

I bathe on Palermo's sun

And by the way, I gamble little...

And...one has to please oneself, after all

Someday comes the brook

Calls the jinx and send us to the cemetery...

What a disgrace!

• Artist:Edmundo Rivero