El Cocodrilo Lyrics in English Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del 5to Patio
Below, I translated the lyrics of the song El Cocodrilo by Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del 5to Patio from Spanish to English.
En el Panteón de Dolores
In the Panteón de Dolores
Tengo mi chante
I've got my pad
Mi frío chante
My cold pad
Desde hace un buen
For a good while now
Soy el fantasma pachuco
I'm the pachuco ghost
Pachuco de oro
Golden pachuco
Ángel del barrio
Barrio angel
Pa' servir a usted
At your service
En los salones de baile
In the dance halls
Los bailadores
The dancers
Me invocan al decir
Summon me saying
¡Quibas mi rey!
"What's up, my king!"
Andaba penando por el cine teresa
I was haunting the Teresa Cinema
Cuando de pronto en una esquina lo vi
When suddenly on a corner I saw it
Un cocodrilo taxi de mis 50's
A crocodile taxi from my 50s
Rodando muy cuco iba el catrín
The dandy went rolling by, lookin' slick
La gente lo miraba pasar
The people watched it pass
'¿De quién es esa ranfla?
'Whose ride is that?
¡Cuántos recuerdos trae!'
It brings back so many memories!'
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El cocodrilo en la calle
The crocodile in the street
Es la memoria
Is the memory
Y las historias de la gran ciudad
And the stories of the great city
El pato es el chofer
Pato is the driver
Y Juan Orol y Tongolele
And Juan Orol and Tongolele
Viajan con él
Ride with him
El mambo del ruletero
The cab driver's mambo
De Pérez Prado
By Pérez Prado
Suena a todo lo que da la radio
Blasting from the radio
Al paso del coco aquél vato recuerda
As the croc passes, that dude remembers
Los bailes del balalaika y del Waikiki
The dances at the Balalaika and the Waikiki
Una viejita le dice, dice a su nieta
An old lady tells her granddaughter
'En uno igual a tu abuelo conocí'
'I met your grandpa in one just like it'
La gente lo miraba pasar
The people watched it pass
'¿De quién es esa ranfla?
'Whose ride is that?
¡Tantos recuerdos trae!'
'It brings back so many memories!'
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
El icuiricui
The icuiricui
El sacalacachimba
The sacalacachimba
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