Joe Ely - Gallo Del Cielo Lyrics

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carlos saragossa 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

Stole a rooster named gallo del cielo

Then he crossed the rio grande

With that roosted nestled deep within his arm

Gallo del cielo was a warrior

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

He fought cielo seven times

Seven times he left brave roosters dead

Hola my teresa i'm thinkin'

Of you now in san antonio

I have 27 dollars and the good luck

Oof 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 monte verde

The pride of san diego

Lay sleeping on a fancy bed of silk

And they laughed when saragossa pulled

The one-eyed del cielo from beneath his shirt

But they cried when saragossa

Walked away with a thousand dollar bill

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Hola my teresa i'm thinkin'

Of you now in santa barbara

I have 1500 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

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 saragossa fears the tiny crack

That runs across his roosters beak

And he fears that he has lost

The 50000 dollars riding on the fight

Hola my teresa i'm thinkin'

Of you now in santa clara

The money's on the table i'm holding now

Your good luck framed in gold

Everything we dream of is riding

On the spurs of del cielo

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 saragossa 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 saragossa 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 teresa i'm thinkin'

Of you now in san francisco

I have no money in my pocket i no longer have

Your good luck 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 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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