Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the was full No money in his pocket, just a of his sister framed in gold He into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Cielo Then he swam the Rio Grande with fighter nestled Deep his arm.
El Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven so the legends say His wings had been broken, he had one eye Rollin' crazy in his And he'd fought a fights, and the legends say one night near El Sueco They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven he'd Left roosters dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San Antonio I have 27 dollars and the luck of your picture Framed in Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del And then I'll return to buy the land stole father long ago.
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco The Pride of San lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the Del Cielo from his coat But they cried when Zaragoza walked away a Thousand bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa I have fifteen dollars and the good luck of Your picture in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the land stole From long ago.
Now the has gone to hiding and the lantern light Spills on a fighting sand Where a wicked named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his beak And he fears he has lost the fifty dollars riding on the fight.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Clara Yes, the money's on the table, I am to Your good luck framed in And everything dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa from father long ago.
Then the it was given, and the cocks rose far above the sand El Gallo del Cielo sunk a into Zorro's shiny breast They were separated but they rose and fought Each other thirty times And the legends say everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best.
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the outside The town of Clara As the beak of del Cielo lay broken a shell within his hand And they say that Zaragoza a curse upon the Bones of Pancho When Zorro rose up one last time and del through the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I have no money in my pocket, I no longer good luck framed in gold I buried it last evening with the of my Beloved Del And not return to buy the land Villa stole from long ago.
Do the rivers run muddy outside of my beloved Grandes?
Oes the scar upon my face turn red when He hears of my name? Do the of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo? Well, tell my family not to worry, I not return To them shame.