El Gallo De San Juan Lyrics in English Carlos Y Jose
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Gallo De San Juan by Carlos Y Jose from Spanish to English.
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A Nuevo León fui a un palenque
In Nuevo León I went to a palenque
Al pueblo de Cadereyta
To the town of Cadereyta
Oí cantar un corrido
I heard a corrido sing
De Manuel Salcido Auzeta
By Manuel Salcido Auzeta
Un gallo de ahí de San Juan
A rooster from there in San Juan
Que trae la navaja puesta
Who has the knife on?
Manuel cayó en una trampa
Manuel fell into a trap
Antes de que el sol saliera
Before the sun came up
Causa del amarrador
Cause of the mooring
Él quedó tras de las rejas
He was left behind bars
Pero ya brinco las trancas
But I already jump the bars
Sin molestar las compuertas
Without disturbing the floodgates
Con la navaja arrastrando
With the knife dragging
Se fue escribiendo unas letras
He was writing some letters
Diciendo a aquel que lo busque
Telling him who seeks him
Ya sabe con lo que cuenta
You already know what you're counting on
Que solo a Dios y al gobierno
That only to God and the government
Es lo único que respeta
It's the only thing he respects
Por ahí cuentan que ese gallo
There they say that that rooster
Mucho antes que amaneciera
Long before dawn
Lo miraron en la noche
They looked at him in the night
Desde el cielo las estrellas
From the sky the stars
Que atravesó Tierra Blanca
Who crossed Tierra Blanca
Con rumbo fijo a la sierra
With a fixed course to the mountains
Ahí lo vieron por Sonora
They saw him there in Sonora
Iba con rumbo a Nogales
I was heading to Nogales
Lo encontraron en Tijuana
They found him in Tijuana
Por Chihuahua y Ciudad Juárez
Through Chihuahua and Ciudad Juárez
En busca del gallo negro
In search of the black rooster
El que le mato a su padre
The one who killed his father
Por ahí cuentan los galleros
That's where the cockerels count
Que ese gallo es muy jugado
That rooster is very played
Azote allá en Sinaloa
Scourge there in Sinaloa
Le pusieron por bragado
They called him out
Amigo de los amigos
Friend of friends
Y padre de los malvados
And father of the wicked
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