Paroles et traduction El Bebeto y Su Banda Patria Chica - El Gallo del Mojado

El Gallo del Mojado

He vivido muchos años
En los Estados Unidos
Pues mis padres me trajeron
Desde cuando yo era un niño
Ya me naturalizaron
Y no digo que soy gringo

Sin embargo agradezco
Que me cobijo esta patria
Donde mis padres me dieron
Mis estudios y una casa
Me conduelo del mojado
Que ha caído en la desgracia

En la unión Americana
Yo quisiera un presidente
Pero con la sangre azteca
Para que ayude a su gente
Ese gallo del mojado
Cantaría muy diferente

No está lejos pasar
Pues con tanto ciudadano
Que le corre por las venas
Sangre de los mexicanos
La sorpresa nos darán
Como el afroamericano

Muchos buscan el país
De la oportunidad
Donde quiera la tenemos
Si queremos trabajar
Nunca vas a comer la tuna
Si no la sabes pelar

Yo critico con razón
La justicia del gobierno
Con un muro a los mojados
No han podido detenerlos
Hoy prohíben su trabajo
Que con gusto van a hacerlo

En la unión Americana
Yo quisiera un presidente
Pero con la sangre azteca
Para que ayude a su gente
Ese gallo del mojado
Cantaría muy diferente

The Rooster of the Wetback

I have lived many years
In the United States
Well, my parents brought me
Since I was a child
I'm already naturalized
And I don't say I'm a gringo

However, I am grateful
That this country sheltered me
Where my parents gave me
My studies and a house
I feel sorry for the wetback
Who has fallen into disgrace

In the American Union
I would like a president
But with Aztec blood
To help his people
That rooster of the wetback
Would sing very differently

It is not far to happen
Well, with so many citizens
That runs through their veins
Blood of Mexicans
The surprise will give us
Like the African American

Many are looking for the country
Of opportunity
Wherever we have it
If we want to work
You'll never eat the prickly pear
If you don't know how to peel it

I criticize with reason
The justice of the government
With a wall to the wetbacks
They haven't been able to stop them
Today they prohibit their work
That they will gladly do

In the American Union
I would like a president
But with Aztec blood
To help his people
That rooster of the wetback
Would sing very differently