| Mister Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Midwest.
| El señor Tanner era un limpiador de un pueblo en el Medio Oeste.
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| And of all the cleaning shops around he’d made his the best.
| Y de todos los talleres de limpieza que había alrededor, él había hecho el mejor.
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| But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes.
| Pero también era un barítono que cantaba mientras colgaba la ropa.
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| He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local shows.
| Practicó escalas mientras presionaba las colas y cantó en espectáculos locales.
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| His friends and neighbors praised the voice that poured out from his throat.
| Sus amigos y vecinos alabaron la voz que salió de su garganta.
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| They said that he should use his gift instead of cleaning coats.
| Dijeron que debería usar su don en lugar de limpiar abrigos.
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| But music was his life, it was not his livelihood,
| Pero la música era su vida, no era su sustento,
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| and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.
| y lo hizo sentir tan feliz y lo hizo sentir tan bien.
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| And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.
| Y cantó desde su corazón y cantó desde su alma.
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| He did not know how well he sang; | No sabía lo bien que cantaba; |
| It just made him whole.
| Simplemente lo hizo completo.
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| His friends kept working on him to try music out full time.
| Sus amigos siguieron trabajando en él para que probara música a tiempo completo.
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| A big debut and rave reviews, a great career to climb.
| Un gran debut y críticas muy favorables, una gran carrera para escalar.
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| Finally they got to him, he would take the fling.
| Finalmente llegaron a él, él tomaría la aventura.
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| A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing.
| Un agente de conciertos en Nueva York accedió a que cantara.
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| And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall.
| Y hubo boletos de avión, llamadas telefónicas, dinero gastado para alquilar la sala.
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| It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all.
| Tomó la mayor parte de sus ahorros, pero los usó con gusto todos.
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| But music was his life, it was not his livelihood,
| Pero la música era su vida, no era su sustento,
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| and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.
| y lo hizo sentir tan feliz y lo hizo sentir tan bien.
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| And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.
| Y cantó desde su corazón y cantó desde su alma.
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| He did not know how well he sang; | No sabía lo bien que cantaba; |
| It just made him whole.
| Simplemente lo hizo completo.
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| The evening came, he took the stage, his face set in a smile.
| Llegó la noche, subió al escenario, su rostro se iluminó con una sonrisa.
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| And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching on the aisle.
| Y en la sala medio llena los críticos se sentaron mirando en el pasillo.
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| But the concert was a blur to him, spatters of applause.
| Pero el concierto fue un borrón para él, salpicaduras de aplausos.
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| He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws.
| No sabía lo bien que cantaba, solo escuchaba los defectos.
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| But the critics were concise, it only took four lines.
| Pero las críticas fueron concisas, solo tomó cuatro líneas.
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| But no one could accuse them of being over kind.
| Pero nadie podía acusarlos de ser demasiado amables.
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| (spoken) Mr. Martin Tanner, Baritone, of Dayton, Ohio made his
| (hablado) El Sr. Martin Tanner, barítono, de Dayton, Ohio, hizo su
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| Town Hall debut last night. | Debut en el Ayuntamiento anoche. |
| He came well prepared, but unfortunately
| Llegó bien preparado, pero desafortunadamente
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| his presentation was not up to contemporary professional standards.
| su presentación no estuvo a la altura de los estándares profesionales contemporáneos.
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| His voice lacks the range of tonal color necessary to make it consistently interesting.
| Su voz carece del rango de color tonal necesario para que sea consistentemente interesante.
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| (sung) Full time consideration of another endeavor might be in order.
| (cantado) La consideración a tiempo completo de otro esfuerzo podría estar en orden.
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| He came home to Dayton and was questioned by his friends.
| Llegó a su casa en Dayton y sus amigos lo interrogaron.
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| Then he smiled and just said nothing and he never sang again,
| Luego sonrió y simplemente no dijo nada y nunca volvió a cantar,
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| excepting very late at night when the shop was dark and closed.
| excepto muy tarde en la noche cuando la tienda estaba oscura y cerrada.
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| He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the clothes.
| Cantó suavemente para sí mismo mientras clasificaba la ropa.
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| Music was his life, it was not his livelihood,
| La música era su vida, no era su sustento,
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| and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good.
| y lo hizo sentir tan feliz y lo hizo sentir tan bien.
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| And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul.
| Y cantó desde su corazón y cantó desde su alma.
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| He did not know how well he sang; | No sabía lo bien que cantaba; |
| It just made him whole. | Simplemente lo hizo completo. |