Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the was full No money in his pocket, just a 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 beneath his arm.
El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven so the say His wings they had broken, he had one eye Rollin' crazy in his And he'd fought a fights, and the legends say That one night near El They'd fought seven times, and seven times he'd Left roosters dead.
Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San I have 27 and the good luck of your picture Framed in Tonight I'll put it all on the fighting spurs of Del Cielo And then I'll return to buy the Villa stole From long ago.
Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Monteverde The Pride of San Diego lay on a fancy bed of silk And they laughed Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed Del from beneath his coat But they when Zaragoza walked away with a dollar bill.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in Santa 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 Gallo Del And then I'll to buy the land Villa stole father long ago.
Now the moon has gone to hiding and the light Spills shadows on a fighting Where a wicked black named faces Gallo del Cielo in the night But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that across his rooster's beak And he he has lost 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 everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del 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 above the El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into shiny breast They were separated quickly but rose and fought Each other thirty seven And the legends say that everyone agreed that del Cielo the best.
Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night The town of Santa As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his And they say that Zaragoza a curse upon the of Pancho Villa When rose up one last time and drove del Cielo the sand.
Hola, my Theresa, I am of you now in San I have no money in my pocket, I no have Your good luck in gold I buried it evening with the bones of my Beloved Del And I'll not to buy the land Villa stole from Father ago.
Do the still 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 the theft of Gallo del Cielo? Well, tell my not to worry, I will not return To them shame.