El gallo Lyrics in English Los Tipitos
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El gallo by Los Tipitos from Spanish to English.
These English lyric translations are not yet verified.
Llegó rengueando un viejito
An old man came limping
A las puertas de un palenque
At the gates of a palenque
Un gallo giro llevaba
A spinning rooster wore
Y se lo mostró a la gente
And she showed it to the people
También bastante dinero
also quite a lot of money
Quería una pelea muy fuerte
I wanted a very strong fight
Allá por aguas calientes
There by hot waters
Un derby se celebraba
a derby was held
Y cuando entró aquel viejito
And when that old man came in
A los partidos retaba
He challenged the parties
Quería jugar dos millones
He wanted to play two million
A una pelea extraordinaria
to an extraordinary fight
Bastante muy disgustado
quite very upset
Un hombre se levantó
a man got up
Le dijo, 'Rengo maldito
He told her, 'I'm damn lame
Te quitaré lo bocón
I'll take away your mouth
Me gustaría más tu apuesta
I would like your bet more
Si le doblas el valor'
If you double the value
Después que hicieron el trato
After they made the deal
Mostraron a un colorado
They showed a colorado
Su clase era Johnnie Jumper
His class was Johnnie Jumper
Legítimo americano
legitimate american
Todos los apostadores
All bettors
Al giro se le voltearon
to the turn they turned
Cuando soltaron los gallos
When the roosters were released
En el aire se agarraron
In the air they grabbed
El giro se fue pa' atrás
The twist went back
De la pechuga cortado
From the breast cut
Pero cantaba en el ruedo
But he sang in the ring
Había muerto el colorado
The colorado had died
El rengo del gallo giro
The rooster's lame turn
Impresionó a los galleros
He impressed the galleros
Porque llevaba una bolsa
Cause he was carrying a bag
A reventar de dinero
bursting with money
En un pueblo de Chihuahua
In a town in Chihuahua
Ahí tiene su gallinero
There he has his chicken coop
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