| La Cerrillana (original) | La Cerrillana (translation) |
|---|---|
| Con la pollera | with the skirt |
| E’yuta las trenzas | E'yuta the braids |
| Largas te ví pasar | long I saw you pass |
| Ahí nomás a mi zaino | There just to my chestnut |
| En el guardapatio | in the yard |
| Lo hice rallar | I made it grate |
| Desmonté del caballo | I dismounted from the horse |
| Me puse cerca pa' | I got close pa' |
| Mosquetear | musket |
| Con el alma en un hilo | With the soul on a thread |
| Mi negra linda te vi bailar | My beautiful black I saw you dance |
| Cómo olvidarte Cerrillo | How to forget you Cerrillo |
| Sio por tu culpa | yes because of you |
| Tengo mujer | I have a woman |
| Morena cerrillana | brown moray eel |
| Con alma y vida te cantaré | With soul and life I will sing to you |
| Todos los carnavales para Cerrillo te llevaré | All the carnivals for Cerrillo I will take you |
| Luego siguieron | then followed |
| Zambas bailamos | Zambas we dance |
| Juntos sin descansar | Together without rest |
| Entre medio de los cohetes | Between the rockets |
| Y serpentinas del carnaval | And carnival streamers |
| Miércoles de ceniza | ash wednesday |
| Enharinados nos vió pasar | floured saw us pass |
| Y en ancas de mi zaino | And on the haunches of my chestnut |
| Luego a mi rancho | then to my ranch |
| Fuimos a dar | We went to give |
| Cómo olvidarte Cerrillo | How to forget you Cerrillo |
| Sio por tu culpa | yes because of you |
| Tengo mujer | I have a woman |
| Morena cerrillana | brown moray eel |
| Con alma y vida te cantaré | With soul and life I will sing to you |
| Todos los carnavales para Cerrillo te llevaré | All the carnivals for Cerrillo I will take you |
