"Caballo Viejo" ('Old Horse') is a

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n folk song written and composed by Simón Díaz, which appears on the 1980 album ''Golpe Y Pasaje''. It has become one of the most important folk songs in

and is regarded as a classic. "

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", a potpourri by the

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, has some verses from Caballo Viejo, and it is also popular internationally.

Versions and translations

The song has been translated into many different languages. It has been recorded as "Caballo Viejo" or as "Bamboleo" by dozens of singers, such as Celia Cruz, Papo Lucca y la Sonora Ponceña,

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, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Polo Montañes, Freddy López,

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, Celso Piña,

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, Roberto Torres and

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. Roberto Torres's cover of the song was inducted into the

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in 2007. It was covered in

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under the title "Španska kraljica" (Spanish Queen) by Eurodance group

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in 1995.

References

External links

Simón Díaz website

Review in The Guardian

Review in Diario el Pais

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Versions and translations

See also

References

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