Se Mamo El Becerro
Luis y Julián
Lyrics
Translation
Iba montado en su cuaco
He was riding his nag
Lo acompañaba su perro
His dog was accompanying him
Se empinaba la botella
He tilted the bottle
Recordaba aquel su encierro
He remembered his confinement
Le informaron que en su casa
He was informed that in his house
Casi a diario había un entierro
Almost every day there was a funeral
Nomás pensaba y pensaba
He just kept thinking and thinking
No se explicaba el asunto
He couldn't explain the matter
Otro trago se aventaba
He took another drink
Regresaba al mismo punto
He returned to the same point
Cómo es que había tanto entierro
How come there were so many funerals
Si no había ningún difunto
If there was no deceased
Le apuraba a su caballo
He urged his horse on
Con las espuelas de hierro
With the iron spurs
Iba llegando al corral
He was arriving at the pen
Que estaba bajando el cerro
That was at the foot of the hill
No pudo ordeñar la vaca
He couldn't milk the cow
Por que se mamó el becerro
Because the calf got drunk
Casi llegando a su casa
Almost arriving home
Macario tomó un atajo
Macario took a shortcut
Abrió la puerta de atrás
He opened the back door
Se puso verde el carajo
The hell turned green
Su compadre estaba arriba
His buddy was upstairs
Su mujer estaba abajo
His wife was downstairs
Con el cuchillo en la mano
With the knife in hand
Sintió que le hervía la sangre
He felt his blood boiling
Le cortó los dos al vato
He cut the two from the dude
Al perro le quitó el hambre
He fed the dog
Y le dijó a su mujer
And said to his wife
Es todo tuyo el compadre
The buddy is all yours
Maldiciendo a su mujer
Cursing his wife
Macario se fue pa'l cerro
Macario went to the hill
Mentándosela al compadre
Insulting his buddy
Aquel que le puso el cuerno
The one who cuckolded him
Supo que de los amigos
He knew among friends
El mejor siempre es el perro
The best one is always the dog