Caña
Traditional
Hasta las personas reales
viene la muerte y se lleva
Y conmigo no ha podido
cuando la llamo de veras
Even real people
face death
Yet with me she doesn’t show up
when I call right to her
You can read about this letra here in Sociedad y Cante Flamenco: El Cante de las Minas by José Gelardo and Francine Belade.
You can hear Enrique Morente sing this one at about 3:15 here.
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