| On Preston Platform
| En la plataforma Preston
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| Do your soft shoe shuffle dance
| Haz tu baile aleatorio de zapatos suaves
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| Brush away the cigarette ash
| Limpiar la ceniza del cigarrillo
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| That’s falling down your pants
| Eso se está cayendo por tus pantalones
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| And then you sadly wonder
| Y luego te preguntas con tristeza
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| Does the nurse treat your old man
| ¿La enfermera trata a tu viejo?
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| The way she should?
| ¿La forma en que debería?
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| She made you tea
| ella te hizo té
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| Asked for your autograph
| Pidió su autógrafo
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| What a laugh
| Que risa
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| As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
| Mientras caminaba por Hampstead Fair
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| I came upon Mother Goose
| me encontré con mamá ganso
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| So I turned her loose
| Así que la solté
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| She was screaming
| ella estaba gritando
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| And a foreign student said to me
| Y un estudiante extranjero me dijo
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| Was it really true
| ¿Era realmente cierto?
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| There were elephants and lions too
| También había elefantes y leones.
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| In Picadilly Circus?
| ¿En Picadilly Circus?
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| Walked down by the bathing pond
| Caminé por el estanque de baño
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| To try and catch some sun
| Para tratar de tomar un poco de sol
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| Saw at least a hundred schoolgirls
| Vi al menos cien colegialas
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| Sobbing into handkerchiefs as one
| Sollozando en pañuelos como uno
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| I don’t believe they knew
| No creo que supieran
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| I was a schoolboy
| yo era un colegial
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| And a bearded lady said to me
| Y una señora barbuda me dijo
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| If you start your raving
| Si empiezas a desvariar
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| And your misbehaving
| Y tu mal comportamiento
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| You’ll be sorry
| Te vas a arrepentir
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| Then the chicken-fancier came to play
| Entonces el criador de pollos vino a jugar.
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| With his long red beard
| Con su larga barba roja
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| And his sister’s weird
| Y su hermana es rara
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| She drives a lorry
| ella conduce un camión
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| Laughed down by the putting green
| Reído por el putting green
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| I popped 'em in their holes
| Los metí en sus agujeros
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| Four and twenty labourers were labouring
| Veinticuatro peones estaban trabajando
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| Digging up their gold
| Excavando su oro
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| i don’t believe they knew
| No creo que supieran
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| That I was Long John Silver
| Que yo era Long John Silver
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| Saw Johnny Scarecrow make his rounds
| Vi a Johnny Scarecrow hacer sus rondas
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| In his jet-black mac
| En su mac negro azabache
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| Which he won’t give back
| Que él no devolverá
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| Stole it from a snowman
| Se lo robó a un muñeco de nieve
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| As I did walk by Hampstead Fair
| Mientras caminaba por Hampstead Fair
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| I came upon Mother Goose
| me encontré con mamá ganso
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| So I turned her loose
| Así que la solté
|
| She was screaming
| ella estaba gritando
|
| Walked down by the bathing pond
| Caminé por el estanque de baño
|
| To try and catch some sun
| Para tratar de tomar un poco de sol
|
| Must’ve been at least a hundred schoolgirls
| Deben haber sido al menos cien colegialas
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| Sobbing into handkerchiefs as one
| Sollozando en pañuelos como uno
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| I don’t believe they knew
| No creo que supieran
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| I was a schoolboy | yo era un colegial |