Текст и перевод песни Oscar Chavez - Artista De Rancho

Artista De Rancho

Mi amigo Ventura es de un rancho chiquito
Le dice su vieja: "ya vete al Distrito"
Tú tienes figura y cantas bonito

Me voy y te dejo
Muy triste y solita
Ya se va tu viejo, a ver si quien quita
Que me den trabajo en el teatro Blanquita

Nada le interesa
Que truene o que llueva
Con muchos trabajos consigue una prueba
Porque en las disqueras quieren gente nueva

Y firma contrato
En marca pequeña
Se va para el rancho y le dice a su dueña
Que le ponga el radio en la onda norteña

Cuando oye su disco ya se vuelve loco
Mujer y trabajo le importan muy poco
Las viejas lo siguen y quieren su foto

Siempre anda elegante igual que don Pancho
Ya todos le dicen y él se hace muy ancho
Que cante, que cante el artista de rancho

Yo no sé qué pasa que no llega el cheque
Le vende su casa al vecino de enfrente
Ya no comas ansias, no seas exigente

Pero pasa el tiempo
Y nunca llega nada
Su vieja le dice ya desesperada:
"Artista de rancho, bueno para nada"

Ranch Artist

My friend Ventura comes from a small farm
His wife tells him: "Go to the city"
You have great looks and a beautiful voice

I'll go and leave you
Very sad and alone
Your old man is leaving, and who knows
I might get a job at the Teatro Blanquita

He doesn't care about
Thunder or rain
With great difficulty he gets an audition
Because the recording companies want new people

And he signs a contract
In a small company
He goes back to the farm and tells his wife
To turn on his radio to a northern Mexican station

When he hears his record, he goes crazy
His wife and his job mean nothing
Women chase after him and want his picture

He's always elegant like Don Pancho
Now everyone calls him that and he puffs himself up
Sing, sing, the ranch singer

I don't know what's going on, the check hasn't arrived
He sells his house to the neighbor across the street
Don't be so anxious, don't be demanding

But time passes
And nothing comes
Despairingly, his wife says:
"Ranch artist, good for nothing"