| El General (original) | El General (translation) |
|---|---|
| Ora si llegó, su mero mero | Pray if he arrived, his mere mere |
| General de división; | Major General; |
| Y ¡ay! | And alas! |
| pos qué pasó | after what happened |
| Pos quiubo mi alma | Pos quiubo my soul |
| Y arrejúntense con yo | and settle down with me |
| No, no soy rival | No, I'm not a rival |
| Por Dios Santito | For God's sake |
| Lo que quiero es vacilar | What I want is to hesitate |
| Ora que vino a visitarlos | Pray that he came to visit them |
| Su aguerrido general | Your battle-hardened general |
| Y aquel que no le guste | And the one who doesn't like it |
| El fuste que lo tire | The shaft that throws it |
| Y monte a raíz | And mount to root |
| Ese coronel mi capitán | That colonel my captain |
| Mi sargento y mi mayor; | My sergeant and my major; |
| Firmes que ¡ay, voy yo! | Firm that oh, I'm going! |
| Pasen revista, luego luego | Review, then later |
| Al escuadrón | to the squad |
| Músicos de a rial | Musicians of Arial |
| La Valentina | The Valentine |
| Quiero oírla, pero ya | I want to hear it, but |
| «Ora que vino a visitarnos | "Pray he came to visit us |
| Su aguerrido general: | His battle-hardened general of him: |
| Y aquel que no le guste el fuste | And the one who doesn't like the shaft |
| Que lo tire y monte a raíz | Let him throw it away and mount it to the root |
| Ora si llegó, su mero mero | Pray if he came, his mere mere |
| General de división; | Major General; |
| Y ¡ay! | And alas! |
| pos qué pasó | after what happened |
| Pos quiubo mi alma | Pos quiubo my soul |
| Y arrejúntense con yo | and settle down with me |
| No, no soy rival | No, I'm not a rival |
| Por Dios Santito | For God's sake |
| Lo que quiero es vacilar | What I want is to hesitate |
| «ora» que vino a visitarlos | "ora" who came to visit them |
| Su aguerrido general | Your battle-hardened general |
| Y aquel que no le guste | And the one who doesn't like it |
| El fuste que lo tire | The shaft that throws it |
| Y monte a raíz | And mount to root |
