Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Grandes when the moon was full No money in his pocket, a locket of his sister framed in gold He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Del Cielo he swam the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled Deep his arm.
El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in so the legends say His they had been broken, he had one eye Rollin' in his head And fought a hundred fights, and the legends say That one near El Sueco They'd Gallo seven times, and seven times he'd brave roosters dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San I have 27 and the good luck of your picture in gold Tonight put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll to buy the land Villa stole From long ago.
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco The of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk And they laughed Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo from his coat But they cried when Zaragoza walked away a dollar bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa I fifteen hundred dollars and the good luck of Your picture in gold I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll to buy the land Villa stole father long ago.
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern Spills on a fighting sand Where a black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night But Carlos fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak And he fears he has the fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in Santa Clara Yes, the on the table, I am holding to Your good luck framed in And we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo I pray that I'll to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago.
Then the it was given, and the cocks rose far above the sand El Gallo del sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast They separated quickly but they rose and fought Each thirty seven times And the legends say that everyone agreed that del fought the best.
Then the screams of filled the night outside The of Santa Clara As the beak of del Cielo lay like a shell within his hand And they say that screamed a curse upon the of Pancho Villa When Zorro rose up one time and drove del Cielo the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I no money in my pocket, I no longer have Your good framed in gold I buried it last evening with the of my Beloved Del And I'll not return to buy the land stole from Father 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 people of El Sueco curse the of Gallo del Cielo? Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not To cause shame.