Gallo Del Cielo

This is a song called Gallo Del Cielo

Carlos Zaragoza
Left his home in Casas Grandes
When the moon was full
He had no money in his pocket
Just a locket of his sister
Framed in gold
He headed for El Sueco
And stole a rooster named Gallo Del Cielo
And then he crossed the Rio Grande
With that rooster nestled deep beneath his arm

Gallo Del Cielo
Was a rooster born in heaven
So the legends say
His wings they had been broken
He had one eye
Rollin' crazy in his head
He'd fought a hundred fights
And the legends say that one night
Near El Sueco
They fought Cielo seven times
Seven times he left brave roosters dead

Hola, my Theresa
I'm thinking of you now in San Antonio
I have 27 dollars
And the good luck of your picture framed in gold
Tonight I'll put it all
On the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
And I'll return to buy the land
Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

Outside of San Diego
In the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
The Pride of San Diego
Lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk
And they laughed when Zaragoza
Pulled the one-eyed Del Cielo from beneath his coat
But they cried when Zaragoza
Walked away with a thousand dollar bill

Hola, my Theresa
I am thinking of you now in Santa Barbara
I have fifteen hundred dollars
And the good luck of your picture framed in gold
Tonight I'll put it all
On the fighting spurs of Gallo Del Cielo
And I'll return to buy the land
Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

Now the moon has gone to hiding
And the lantern light spills shadows on the fighting sand
A wicked black named Zorro
Faces Del Cielo in the night
And Carlos Zaragoza
Fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak
And he fears he has lost
The fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight

Hola, my Theresa
I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
Well, the money's on the table
I am holding now your good luck framed in gold
Everything we've dreamed of
Is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
And I'll return to buy the land
Pancho Villa stole from father long ago

The signal it was given
And the roosters rose together far above the sand
Gallo del Cielo
Sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast
They were separated quickly
But they rose and fought each other time, and time again
And the legends all agreed
Gallo del Cielo fought the best
Then the screams of Zaragoza
Filled the night outside the town of Santa Clara
As the beak of del Cielo
Lay broken like a shell within his hand
And they say that Zaragoza
Screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho Villa
As Zorro rose up one more time
And drove Del Cielo in the sand

Hola, my Theresa
I'm thinking of you now in San Francisco
I have no money in my pocket
I no longer have your locket framed in gold
I buried it last evening
With the bones of my beloved Del Cielo
I will not return
To buy the land that Villa stole long ago

Do the rivers still run muddy
Outside of my beloved Casas Grandes?
Does the scar upon my brother's face
Turn red when he hears a mention of my name?
And do the people of El Sueco
Still curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
Tell my family not to worry
I will not return to cause them shame

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