Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the was full No money in his pocket, a locket of his sister framed in gold He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Then he the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled beneath his arm.
El Gallo Del Cielo was a born in heaven so the legends say His they had been broken, he had one eye crazy in his head And fought a hundred fights, and the legends say That one night El Sueco They'd Gallo seven times, and seven times 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 your in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the spurs of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the land 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 when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo from 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 picture framed in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting of Gallo Del Cielo And I'll return to buy the land Villa stole From father ago.
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern 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 his rooster's 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 framed in gold And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the of Del Cielo I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from 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 everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best.
Then the screams of filled the night outside The of Santa Clara As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell his hand And say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the Bones of Villa Zorro rose up one last 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 have Your luck framed in gold I buried it evening with the bones of my Del Cielo And I'll not return to buy the land stole from Father ago.
Do the still run muddy outside of my beloved Grandes?
Oes the scar upon my brother's turn red when He hears mention of my Do the people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not To them shame.