Caballo Viejo album cover

Caballo Viejo is a Venezuelan folk song by Simón Díaz. It was released in 1980 in the album called Caballo Viejo. It is one of the most important songs of Venezuela. The author of the lyric and the music is SIMON DIAZ. More information www.simondiaz.com Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Simón Díaz (1928- ). Celebrated singer and composer of Venezuelan music, whose work is regarded as one of the most important legacies for both Venezuelan and Latin American popular music. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ...

Caballo Viejo Lyrics

— I —

Caballo le dan sabana porque está viejo y cansao,

pero no se dan ni cuenta que un corazón amarrao

cuando le sueltan las riendas es caballo desbocao.

Y si una potra alazana caballo viejo se encuentra

el pecho se le desgrana y no hace caso a falseta

y no le obedece al freno ni lo paran falsas riendas.

— Chorus —

Cuando el amor llega así de esta manera,

uno no se da ni cuenta,

el carutal reverdece y guamachito florece

y la soga se revienta.

Cuando el amor llega así de esta manera

uno no tiene la culpa,

quererse no tiene horario ni fecha en el calendario

cuando las ganas se juntan.

— II —

Caballo le dan sabana pues tiene el tiempo contao

y se va por la mañana con su pasito apurao

a verse con su potranca que lo tiene embarbascao.

— III —

El potro da tiempo al tiempo porque le sobra la edad,

caballo viejo no puede perder la flor que le dan

porque después de esta vida no hay otra oportunidad.

Trivia

The song have been translated to 12 different languages, and have been recorded by singers like: Celia Cruz, Julio Iglesias, Gilberto Santarosa, Jose Luis Rodriguez "El Puma", Polo Montañes, The Gipsy Kings as well as Plácido Domingo and other famous artists. Celia Cruz (October 21, 1925 – July 16, 2003) was a three-time Grammy Award and four-time Latin Grammy winning Cuban-American salsa singer who spent most of her career living in New Jersey, and working in the United States and several Latin American countries. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The Gipsy Kings are a group of French gypsy (gitane) musicians, best known for bringing rhumba flamenca, a pop-oriented version of traditional flamenco music, to mainstream audiences. ... José Plácido Domingo Embil (born January 21, 1941[1]), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor. ...

See also

• Venezuela
• Venezuelan music
• Simón Díaz