Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Toro Moro by Chalino Sánchez from Spanish to English.
El toro era prieto y moro
The bull was dark and brindled
Y tenía los cuernos gachos
And his horns drooped low
Porque se los agacharon se decían que eran muy machos
Since they'd bent them down they bragged he was real macho
Por nombre le decían chivo
They called him Chivo
Pero toro se llamaba
But Bull was his name
Tenia las orejas largas hasta el suelo le arrastraban
He had long ears that dragged on the ground
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedaba
They called him Mame and it stuck
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedaba
They called him Mame and it stuck
La vaquilla colorada
The red heifer
En su mente la tenía
Was always on his mind
Rondando por los corales navegando noche y día
Roaming through the pens, wandering night and day
Cornaba a los paleadores con la cola levantaba
He gored the wranglers, tail held high
Se echaba la cola a el lombro
He tossed his tail over his shoulder
Y de gusto hasta bramaba
And he'd even bellow with joy
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedaba
They called him Mame and it stuck
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedaba
They called him Mame and it stuck
Aquel buey de la barranca
That ox from the ravine
Por eso lo traicionaron
That's why they betrayed him
El toro prieto y el moro
The dark bull, the brindled one
Al barranco lo aventaron
They hurled him into the ravine
Al novillo despuntado
The dehorned steer
También lo mando al infierno
He sent to hell too
Porque por la culpa suya
Because it was all his fault
Arrastraba hasta los cuernos
He even dragged his horns
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedaba
They called him Mame and it stuck
Toro toro toro
Bull bull bull
Toro se llamaba
Bull was his name
Pero le cambiaron nombre
But they changed his name
Le mame y se le quedabaaaaaaaa
They called him Mame and it stuuuuuck
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