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[Verse 1]
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Carlos Zaragoza left his home in Casas Grandes when the moon was full
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No money in his pocket, just a locket of his sister framed in gold
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He rode into El Sueco, stole a rooster called Gallo Del Cielo
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Then he swam the Rio Grande with that fighter nestled deep beneath his arm


[Verse 2]
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El Gallo Del Cielo was a rooster born in heaven, so the legends say
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His wings they had been broken, he had one eye rolling crazy in his head
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And he'd fought a hundred fights, and the legends say that one night near El Sueco
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They'd fought Gallo seven times, and seven times he'd left brave roosters dead


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


[Verse 3]
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Outside of San Diego, in the onion fields of Paco Monteverde
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The Pride of San Diego lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk
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And they laughed when Zaragoza pulled the one-eyed del Cielo from beneath his coat
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But they cried when Zaragoza walked away with a thousand dollar bill


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


[Verse 4]
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Now the moon has gone to hiding and the lantern light spills shadows on a fighting sand
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Where a wicked black named Zorro faces Gallo del Cielo in the night
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But Carlos Zaragoza fears the tiny crack that runs across his rooster's beak
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And he fears he has lost the fifty thousand dollars riding on the fight


[Chorus]
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Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in Santa Clara
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Yes, the money's on the table, I am holding to your good luck framed in gold
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And everything we've dreamed of is riding on the spurs of Del Cielo
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I pray that I'll return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago


[Verse 5]
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Then the signal it was given, and the cocks rose together far above the sand
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El Gallo del Cielo sunk a gaff into Zorro's shiny breast
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They were separated quickly but they rose and fought each other thirty-seven times
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And the legends say that everyone agreed that del Cielo fought the best


[Verse 6]
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Then the screams of Zaragoza filled the night outside the town of Santa Clara
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As the beak of del Cielo lay broken like a shell within his hand
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And they say that Zaragoza screamed a curse upon the bones of Pancho Villa
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When Zorro rose up one last time and drove del Cielo through the sand


[Chorus]
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Hola, my Theresa, I am thinking of you now in San Francisco
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I have no money in my pocket, I no longer have your good luck framed in gold
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I buried it last evening with the bones of my beloved Del Cielo
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And I'll not return to buy the land Villa stole from father long ago


[Verse 7]
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Do the rivers still run muddy outside of my beloved Casas Grandes?
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Does the scar upon my brother's face turn red when he hears mention of my name?
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Do the people of El Sueco curse the theft of Gallo del Cielo?
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Well, tell my family not to worry, I will not return to cause them shame