Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the was full No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Then he swam the Rio Grande with that nestled Deep his arm.
El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster in heaven so the legends say His wings had been 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 times Left brave dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San Antonio I 27 dollars and the good luck of your picture in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting of Gallo Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the land 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 when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo from beneath his But cried when Zaragoza walked away with a Thousand bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Barbara I have fifteen hundred and the good luck of picture framed in gold Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Del Cielo And then I'll to buy the land Villa stole From long ago.
Now the moon has gone to and the lantern light Spills shadows on a fighting 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 lost the 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 luck framed in gold And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the of Del Cielo I pray that return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago.
Then the signal it was given, and the cocks Together far above the El Gallo del Cielo sunk a into Zorro's shiny breast They were separated quickly but rose and fought Each other thirty seven And the legends say that everyone that del Cielo fought the best.
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the outside The town of Clara As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a within his hand And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse the of Pancho 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 have good luck framed in gold I buried it last with the bones of my Beloved Del And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole Father ago.
Do the rivers still run outside of my beloved Casas
Oes the scar upon my brother's face turn red He hears mention of my Do the people of El curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo? Well, tell my family not to worry, I not return To cause shame.