Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas 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 Gallo Del Cielo Then he the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled Deep his arm.
El Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven so the legends say His wings they had broken, he had one eye Rollin' crazy in his And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the say That one near El Sueco They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven he'd Left brave dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San I have 27 dollars and the good luck of picture in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the land Villa father long ago.
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a bed of silk And they laughed when Zaragoza the one-eyed Del Cielo beneath his coat But they cried when Zaragoza away with a dollar 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 spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the land Villa From long ago.
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the light shadows on a fighting sand Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del in the night But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack runs across his rooster's beak And he fears he has lost the fifty dollars riding on the fight.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in Santa Clara Yes, the money's on the table, I am to Your luck framed in gold And we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole father long ago.
the signal it was given, and the cocks rose Together far the sand El del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast were separated quickly but they rose and fought Each other thirty seven And the say that everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best.
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night The town of Santa As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a within his hand And they say that screamed a curse upon the of Pancho Villa When Zorro up one last time and drove del through the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I no money in my pocket, I no longer have Your good luck framed in I buried it last with the bones of my Beloved Del And I'll not to buy the land Villa stole from Father ago.
Do the rivers still run outside of my beloved Grandes?
Oes the scar upon my brother's face turn red He mention of my name? Do the people of El curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo? Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not To them shame.