Carlos left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full No in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in gold He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Then he swam the Rio with that fighter nestled Deep his arm.
El Gallo Del was a rooster born in heaven so the legends say His wings they had broken, he had one eye crazy in his head And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the say That one night near El They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven he'd brave roosters dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San I have 27 dollars and the good luck of picture Framed in Tonight put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then return to buy the land Villa stole father long ago.
Outside of San Diego, in the onion of Paco Monteverde The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a bed of silk And laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo beneath his coat But they cried when Zaragoza away with a Thousand bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Barbara I have fifteen dollars and the good luck of Your framed in gold Tonight put it all on the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then return to buy the land Villa stole From father ago.
Now the moon has to hiding and the lantern light Spills on a fighting sand Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del 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 thinking of you now in Santa Yes, the on the table, I am holding to Your good luck in gold And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del I pray that I'll to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago.
the signal it was given, and the cocks rose Together far the sand El Gallo del Cielo sunk a into Zorro's shiny breast They were quickly but they rose and fought other thirty seven times And the legends say that everyone agreed del Cielo fought the best.
Then the screams of filled the night outside The town of Clara As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell his hand And they say that Zaragoza screamed a upon the of Pancho Villa When Zorro rose up one last and drove del through the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I have no in my pocket, I no longer have Your good luck in gold I buried it last evening the bones of my Del Cielo And I'll not return to buy the land Villa from Father ago.
Do the rivers run muddy outside of my beloved Grandes?
Oes the scar upon my face turn red when He hears mention of my Do the people of El Sueco curse the of Gallo del Cielo? Well, my family not to worry, I will not return To cause shame.