| Mil historias oí de contar
| A thousand stories I heard to tell
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| Algunas de alucinar
| some to hallucinate
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| Ninguna de ellas se acerca
| None of them come close
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| A la que hoy os voy a contar
| To which I am going to tell you today
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| Jimmy era su nombre
| Jimmy was his name
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| Su afición era cazar
| His hobby was hunting
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| Mas nada había en el mundo entero
| But there was nothing in the whole world
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| Que se le diera tan mal
| that he was so bad
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| Jimmy caminaba por el bosque sin pensar
| Jimmy walked through the woods without thinking
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| Que sus pasos resonaban como bomba al explotar
| That his steps resounded like a bomb when it exploded
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| Se oculto tras de un árbol para tarde comprobar
| He hid behind a tree to later check
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| Que un oso estaba detrás
| That a bear was behind
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| Con la lengua fuera pobre Jimmy se escapo
| With his tongue out poor Jimmy ran away
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| Descendió por la ladera que un azteca divisó
| He went down the slope that an Aztec spotted
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| Cuando era tarde para echar el freno tropezó
| When it was too late to put on the brakes he tripped
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| Colina abajo cayó
| down hill fell
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| Vueltas y golpes y giros después
| Twists and turns and twists after
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| Varias serpientes rodaban con él
| Several snakes rolled with him
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| Alguien más torpe no pudo nacer
| Someone more clumsy could not be born
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| Cada cosa que intenta le sale al revés
| Every thing he tries backfires
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| Cuenta y comparte allá donde estés
| Count and share wherever you are
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| La triste historia del pobre Jimmy «tiro en el pie»
| The sad story of poor Jimmy "shot in the foot"
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| Una gran idea tuvo Jimmy al comprender
| A great idea Jimmy had when he understood
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| Que cazar resultaba peligroso para él
| That hunting was dangerous for him
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| Se marcho hacia el lago donde el pobre imaginó
| He went to the lake where the poor imagined
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| Que pescar se le daría mejor
| Which fish would you be better at
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| Se acerco a la orilla y con la caña se sentó
| He approached the shore and sat down with the cane
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| El cañón del rifle sobre el pie derecho apoyó
| The barrel of the rifle on the right foot rested
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| Un enorme cocodrilo paseaba por allí
| A huge crocodile walked by
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| Lo vio muy tarde venir
| He saw it too late to come
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| Muerto de miedo intentó disparar
| Scared to death he tried to shoot
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| Y de los nervios se dio en el pulgar
| And of his nerves he hit his thumb
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| Alguien mas torpe no pudo nacer
| Someone more clumsy could not be born
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| Cada cosa que intenta le sale al revés
| Every thing he tries backfires
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| Cuenta y comparte allá donde estés
| Count and share wherever you are
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| La triste historia del pobre Jimmy «tiro en el pie»
| The sad story of poor Jimmy "shot in the foot"
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| Con el pie derecho ensangrentado decidió
| With his right foot bloodied he decided
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| Dolorido y humillado como carne de cañón
| Sore and humiliated like cannon fodder
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| Que la cosa aun podía ir mucho peor
| That things could still go much worse
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| Y al bar del pueblo marcho
| And I go to the town bar
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| Ya le conocían los borrachos del lugar
| The local drunks already knew him
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| Por su mala puntería cuando iba a vomitar
| For his bad aim of him when he was going to vomit
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| Cada noche escogía un lugar aún peor
| Every night he chose an even worse place
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| Que el de la noche anterior
| Than the one from the night before
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| La viuda de O’Brian quería tener
| O'Brian's widow wanted to have
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| Jolgorio con cualquiera menos con él
| Fun with anyone but him
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| Alguien más torpe no pudo nacer
| Someone more clumsy could not be born
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| Cada cosa que intenta le sale al revés
| Every thing he tries backfires
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| Cuenta y comparte allá donde estés
| Count and share wherever you are
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| La triste historia del pobre Jimmy «tiro en el pie»
| The sad story of poor Jimmy "shot in the foot"
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| Terco y tenaz, sin parar de beber
| Stubborn and tenacious, without stopping drinking
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| Te repite su historia hasta el amanecer
| He repeats his story of him until dawn
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| Si crees que este cuento es un poco ñoño
| If you think this story is a bit sappy
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| Espera a oír la historia de Mery «tiro en el…» | Wait till you hear Mery's "shot in the..." story |