Los 500 Novillos
Valentín Elizalde
Lyrics
Translation
Cuando salimos de fianza
When we left on bail
con la fuerte novillada
with the strong young bulls
ay que trabajos pasamos
oh, the troubles we went through
por esa grande llanada
through that vast plain
Quinientos novillos fueron
Five hundred young bulls they were
todititos muy livianos
all of them very agile
no los pudieron parar
they couldn't be stopped
entre quince americanos
by fifteen Americans
A las once de la noche
At eleven at night
se solto un fuerte aguacero
a strong downpour was unleashed
para poderlos parar
to try to stop them
les formamos tiroteo
we formed a shooting
En los llanos del palomo
In the plains of Palomo
se nos solto un toro bravo
a brave bull got loose
el caporal lo lazo
the foreman roped it
en su caballo melano
on his dark horse
La mama de un vaquero
A cowboy's mother
le pregunta al caporal
asks the foreman
que razón me da de mi hijo
what news he has of her son
que no lo he visto llegar
whom she hasn't seen arrive
Señora si le dijera
Ma'am, if I told you
se pondria usted a llorar
you would start to cry
a su hijo lo ha matado un toro
a bull killed your son
en las zanjas de un corral
in the ditches of a pen
Quinientos novillos fueron
Five hundred young bulls they were
todititos muy livianos
all of them very agile
no los pudieron parar
they couldn't be stopped
entre quince americanos
by fifteen Americans
Ya con esta me despido
Now with this, I bid farewell
ya no tengo que cantar
I have nothing more to sing
estos versos los compuso
these verses were composed
Giribaldo el caporal
by Giribaldo the foreman