Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in He rode into El Sueco, stole a called Gallo Del Cielo Then he swam the Rio with that fighter nestled beneath his arm.
El Gallo Del Cielo was a born in heaven so the legends say His wings had been broken, he had one eye Rollin' in his head And he'd a hundred fights, and the legends say That one near El Sueco They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven times Left roosters dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San I have 27 dollars and the luck of your picture Framed in Tonight put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And I'll return to buy the land Villa stole From father ago.
of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde 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 Zaragoza walked away with a Thousand bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Barbara I have hundred dollars and the good luck of Your framed in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the Villa stole father long ago.
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the light Spills shadows on a 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 thousand 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 luck framed in gold And everything we've 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 signal it was given, and the cocks Together far the sand El del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast They separated quickly but they rose and fought Each other thirty seven And the legends say that everyone agreed that del fought the best.
Then the screams of filled the night outside The town of Santa As the beak of del lay broken like a shell within his hand And they say that Zaragoza a curse upon the Bones of Villa When Zorro rose up one time and drove del through the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I have no money in my pocket, I no longer Your good luck framed in I buried it last with the bones of my Beloved Del And I'll not return to buy the land stole from Father ago.
Do the rivers still run muddy 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 not to worry, I will not return To them shame.