Paroles et traduction Pedro Fernandez - Pobre Tom

Pobre Tom

Por el Río del Colorado, cerca allá del Gran Cañón
Hubo una vez un vaquero chaparrito y bigotón.
Como el perro de tía Cleta, la primer vez que ladró
Le dieron con la cubeta como le dieron a Tom

Pobre Tom pobre Tom
Pobre tonto y por tan tonto pobre Tom
Pobre Tom, pobre Tom
Por tan tonto y por tan pobre pobre Tom.

Una vez compró un caballo barriciego y percherón
Pa' apuntarlo en las carreras lo creyó muy correlón
Ya llevaba cuatro meses de acabada la función
Y el vaquero seguia terco y no arrancaba el percherón.

Pobre Tom pobre Tom
Pobre tonto y por tan tonto pobre Tom
Pobre Tom, pobre Tom
Por tan tonto y por tan pobre pobre Tom.

Asaltó una diligencia y del caballo se cayó
Pa' robar no trae licencia vámonos pal' botellón
Se escapo de los sherifes y en la hacienda se escondió
Y al ratito lo casaron con la nieta del patrón.

Pobre Tom pobre Tom
Pobre tonto y por tan tonto pobre Tom
Pobre Tom, pobre Tom
Por tan tonto y por tan pobre pobre Tom.

Al primer pleito que tuvo su mujer lo descontó
Al segundo le dió mate con tamaño pistolón
Para siempre lo enterraron en medio del Gran Cañón
Y tan mala fue su suerte que el Cañón hizo explosión.

Pobre Tom pobre Tom
Pobre tonto y por tan tonto pobre Tom
Pobre Tom, pobre Tom
Por tan tonto y por tan pobre pobre Tom.

En lo alto de una nube vive un ángel cachetón
Lo corrieron de los cielos por chaparro y bigotón
No le dan en los infiernos cama ni alimentación,
Es que no encontraron cuernos de la talla de este Tom.

Pobre Tom pobre Tom
Pobre tonto y por tan tonto pobre Tom
Pobre Tom, pobre Tom
Por tan tonto y por tan pobre pobre Tom.

Poor Tom

By the Colorado River, near the Grand Canyon over there
Once there was a short and mustachioed cowboy.
Like Aunt Cleta's dog, the first time he barked
They hit him with the bucket like they did Tom

Poor Tom, poor Tom
Poor fool, and for being such a fool, poor Tom
Poor Tom, poor Tom
For being such a fool and so poor, poor Tom.

Once he bought a piebald and draft horse
To enter it in the races, he thought it was very fast
It had already been four months since the show was over
And the cowboy was still stubborn and wouldn't start the draft horse.

Poor Tom, poor Tom
Poor fool, and for being such a fool, poor Tom
Poor Tom, poor Tom
For being such a fool and so poor, poor Tom.

He robbed a stagecoach and fell off his horse
He has no license to steal, let's go to the bar
He escaped from the sheriffs and hid on the farm
And in a little while they married him to the boss's granddaughter.

Poor Tom, poor Tom
Poor fool, and for being such a fool, poor Tom
Poor Tom, poor Tom
For being such a fool and so poor, poor Tom.

In the first fight he had, his wife knocked him out
In the second, she killed him with a big pistol
They buried him forever in the middle of the Grand Canyon
And his luck was so bad that the Canyon exploded.

Poor Tom, poor Tom
Poor fool, and for being such a fool, poor Tom
Poor Tom, poor Tom
For being such a fool and so poor, poor Tom.

On top of a cloud lives a chubby angel
He was kicked out of heaven for being short and having a mustache
They don't give him a bed or food in hell,
Because they couldn't find horns the size of this Tom's.

Poor Tom, poor Tom
Poor fool, and for being such a fool, poor Tom
Poor Tom, poor Tom
For being such a fool and so poor, poor Tom.