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"Caballo Viejo" ('Old Horse') is a Venezuelan folk song written and composed by Simón Díaz,[1] which appears on the 1980 album Golpe Y Pasaje. It has become one of the most important folk songs in Venezuela and is regarded as a classic. "Bamboléo", a potpourri by the Gipsy Kings, has some verses from Caballo Viejo, and it is also popular internationally.

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"Golpe Y Pasaje"
Single by Simón Díaz
from the album Caballo Viejo
Released	1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Folk (Música Llanera)
Length	2:59
Label	Palacio
Songwriter(s)	Simón Díaz

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, María Dolores Pradera, Julio Iglesias, Gilberto Santa Rosa, José Luis Rodríguez "El Puma", Polo Montañes, Freddy López, Oscar D'León, Celso Piña, Gipsy Kings, Ray Coniff, Rubén Blades, Roberto Torres and Plácido Domingo. Roberto Torres's cover of the song was inducted into the Latin Grammy Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]

It was covered in Serbian language under the title "Španska kraljica" (Spanish Queen) by Eurodance group Beat Street in 1995.[3]

See also

• Music of Venezuela (Musica Llanera)
• Simón Díaz

References

External links

• Simón Díaz website
• Review in The Guardian
• Review in Diario el Pais
• Video of Caballo Viejo with English lyrics

На других языках

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- [en] Caballo Viejo

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[es] Caballo viejo (canción)

«Caballo viejo» es una canción popular Venezolana, con letra y música de Simón Díaz.[1] Integra el álbum homónimo de 1980. Ha sido objeto de valiosos reconocimientos; se la considera la más famosa e importante canción llanera de Venezuela.[cita requerida]

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