Yo de mi barrio era la piba mas bonita,
en un colegio de monjas me eduque
y aunque mis viejos no tenian mucha guita,
con familias bacanas me trate.

Y por culpa de ese trato abacanado,
ser niña bien fue mi unica ilusion
y olvidando por completo mi pasado,
a un magnate le entregue mi corazon.

Por su porte y su trato distinguido,
por las cosas que me mintio al oido,
no crei que pudiera ser malvado
un muchacho tan correcto y educado.

Sin embargo me indujo el mal hombre,
con promesas de darme su nombre,
a dejar mi hogar abandonado
para ir a vivir a su lado.

Y por eso que mi vida se desliza
entre el tango y el champan del cabaret;
mi dolor se confunde en mi risa
porque a reir mi dolor me acostumbre.

Y si encuentro algun otario que pretenda
por el oro mis amores conseguir,
yo lo dejo sin un cobre pa' que aprenda
y me pague lo que aquel me hizo sufrir.

Hoy bailo el tango, soy milonguera
me llaman loca y no se que;
soy flor de fango, una cualquiera,
culpa del hombre que me engaño.

Y entre las luces de mil colores
y la alegria del cabaret,
vendo caricias y vendo amores
para olvidar a aquel que se fue.

I was the prettiest girl of my neighborhood
I got my education in a catholic convent
and even though my parents didn't have much money
I grew up around well-to-do families.

Because of that well-to-do environment
my only illusion  was to be a well-to-do girl
and completely forgetting my past
I surrendered my heart to a tycoon.

Because of his looks and distinguished manners
and the things he lied into my ears
I couldn't believe that he could be so bad
such a correct and educated guy.

However, the bad man lured me
with promises of marriage,
to leave behind my home
to go live with him.

And that's why my life goes by
between the cabaret's tango and champagne;
my pain is confused with my laugh
because I got used to laugh at my pain

And if I run into some idiot that pretends
to get my love with his gold
I leave him without a penny to teach him a lesson
I make him pay for what the other one made me suffer.

Today I dance the tango, I'm a milonguera
they call me loose and what have you;
I'm a flower of the mud, a nobody
because of the man who deceived me.

Among the thousand colors lights
and the joy of the cabaret
I sell caresses and I sell love
to forget the one who went away