| Young Johnny, I knew him
| Joven Johnny, lo conocí
|
| A meteor kid
| Un niño meteorito
|
| So sure what he wanted to do
| Tan seguro de lo que quería hacer
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| Every morning he’d say
| Todas las mañanas decía
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| «Mummy, I want to play
| «Mamá yo quiero jugar
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| The piano, accordion, too»
| El piano, el acordeón también»
|
| And he played
| y el jugaba
|
| And he played
| y el jugaba
|
| On his grandfather’s rusting and rotting machine
| En la máquina oxidada y podrida de su abuelo
|
| His mother walked down
| Su madre caminó hacia abajo
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| And bought from the town
| Y comprado en la ciudad
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| The finest accordion you ever have seen
| El mejor acordeón que hayas visto
|
| Young Johnny, he knew
| El joven Johnny, él sabía
|
| In the old house beside him
| En la vieja casa a su lado
|
| Lived angry old Mrs McDuff
| Vivió enojada la vieja señora McDuff
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| To improve his technique
| Para mejorar su técnica
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| He played six days a week
| Jugaba seis días a la semana
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| The neighbour thought one was enough
| El vecino pensó que uno era suficiente
|
| And he played
| y el jugaba
|
| And he played
| y el jugaba
|
| And Mrs McDuff, she would pound on the wall
| Y la Sra. McDuff, ella golpearía la pared
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| But Johnny was proud
| Pero Johnny estaba orgulloso
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| He was playing so loud
| Estaba jugando tan fuerte
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| Above his own music heard nothing at all
| Por encima de su propia música no se escucha nada en absoluto
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| Drove the old lady mad
| Volvió loca a la anciana
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| Johnny’s dream of becoming
| El sueño de Johnny de convertirse
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| A piano-accordion star
| Una estrella de piano-acordeón
|
| 'Til her vindictive makeup
| Hasta su maquillaje vengativo
|
| It led her to take up
| La llevó a emprender
|
| The six-string acoustic guitar
| La guitarra acústica de seis cuerdas
|
| And she played
| y ella jugó
|
| And she played
| y ella jugó
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| Our boy couldn’t sleep; | Nuestro niño no podía dormir; |
| on the wall he would pound
| en la pared golpeaba
|
| McDuff kept on strumming
| McDuff siguió rasgueando
|
| Pretend he was drumming
| Finge que estaba tocando la batería
|
| A bitter guitar but sweet music she found
| Una guitarra amarga pero dulce música que encontró
|
| By playing, the players
| Jugando, los jugadores
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| They plagued the poor neighbours
| Plagaron a los vecinos pobres
|
| By banging would retaliate
| Golpeando tomaría represalias
|
| And too late late they found
| Y demasiado tarde tarde encontraron
|
| That the great wall between them
| Que la gran muralla entre ellos
|
| Did not have the strength of their hate
| No tenían la fuerza de su odio
|
| The houses were gone
| Las casas se habían ido
|
| And from under the rubble
| Y de debajo de los escombros
|
| Two bloody musicians did climb
| Dos malditos músicos escalaron
|
| Where once was a wall
| Donde una vez hubo un muro
|
| There was nothing at all
| No había nada en absoluto
|
| Side by side for the very first time
| Lado a lado por primera vez
|
| And they played
| y jugaron
|
| How they played
| como jugaron
|
| With her two broken strings and his dusty machine
| Con sus dos cuerdas rotas y su maquina polvorienta
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| They find that they are
| encuentran que son
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| The greatest guitar
| la guitarra mas grande
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| And accordion band that there ever has been | Y la banda de acordeón que alguna vez ha habido |