| Ya muri�³ la cucaracha
| The cockroach is already dead
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| Ya la llevan a enterrar
| They already take her to bury
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| Entre cuatro zopilotes
| Between four buzzards
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| Y un rat�³n de sacrist�¡n
| And a sacristy mouse
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| La cucaracha, la cucaracha
| The cockroach the cockroach
|
| Ya no puede caminar;
| She can no longer walk;
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| Porque no tiene, porque le falta
| Because she doesn't have, because she lacks
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| Marihuana que fumar
| marijuana to smoke
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| Cuando uno quiere a una
| When one loves one
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| Y esta una no lo quiere
| And this one doesn't want it
|
| Es lo mismo que si un calvo
| It is the same as if a bald man
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| En calle encuetr' un peine
| In the street I found a comb
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| Las muchachas mexicanas
| the mexican girls
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| Son lindas como una flor
| They are pretty like a flower
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| Y hablan tan dulcemente
| And they talk so sweetly
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| Que encantan de amor
| that enchant of love
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| Las muchachas de Las Vegas
| Las Vegas Girls
|
| Son muy altas y delgaditas
| They are very tall and skinny
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| Pero son m�¡s pedig�¼e�±as
| But they are more pedigree
|
| Que las �¡nimas benditas
| that the blessed souls
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| Las muchachas de la villa
| The girls of the village
|
| No saben ni dar un beso
| They don't even know how to kiss
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| Cuando las de Albuquerque
| When the Albuquerque
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| Hasta estiran el pescuezo
| They even stretch their necks
|
| Un panadero fue a misa
| A baker went to mass
|
| No encontrando que rezar
| not finding what to pray
|
| Le pidi�³ a la Virgen pura
| He asked the pure Virgin
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| Marihuana pa' fumar
| Marijuana to smoke
|
| Necesita autom�³vil
| need a car
|
| Par' hacer la caminata
| Par' make the walk
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| Al lugar a donde mand�³
| To the place where he sent
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| La convenci�³n Zapata
| The Zapata Convention
|
| Las muchachas son de oro;
| The girls are golden;
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| Las casadas son de plata;
| The married ones are made of silver;
|
| Las viudas son de cobre
| widows are copper
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| Y las viejas hoja de lata
| And the old tin sheets
|
| Todos se pelean la silla
| Everyone fights for the chair
|
| Que les deja mucha plata;
| That leaves them a lot of money;
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| En el Norte Pancho Villa
| In the North Pancho Villa
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| Y en el Sur Viva Zapata! | And in the South Viva Zapata! |