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The La Cucaracha. Aka The cockroach.

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Here's one version. It's supposed to be pre-revolution lyrics.

La cucaracha, la cucaracha,	The cockroach, the cockroach,
ya no puede caminar	can't walk anymore
porque no tiene, porque le falta	because it doesn't have, because it's lacking
las dos patitas de atrás.	its two back feet.

De las patillas de un moro                              From the sideburns of a Moor tengo que hacer una escoba,                    I must make a broom, para barrer el cuartel                        to sweep the quarters la infantería española.                    of the Spanish infantry.

Revolution lyrics-

La cucaracha, la cucaracha,	The cockroach, the cockroach,
ya no puede caminar	can't walk anymore
porque no tiene, porque le falta	because it doesn't have, because it's lacking
marihuana pa' fumar.	marijuana to smoke.
Ya murió la cucaracha	The cockroach just died
ya la llevan a enterrar	now they take her to be buried
entre cuatro zopilotes	among four buzzards
y un ratón de sacristán.	and a mouse as the sexton.

	Ya se van los carrancistas, And the Carrancistas, ya se van haciendo bola, are on full retreat, ya los chacales huertistas             and the Huertistan jackals se los trayen de la cola.                   will catch and imprison them.
	Oigan con gusto estos versos            Hear with pleasure these verses, escuchen con atención, listen carefully: ya la pobre cucaracha now the poor cockroach no consigue ni un tostón.   doesn't even get a tostón.

	The dish is made from sliced green (unripe) plantains which are cut either length-wise or width-wise and are twice fried.
	odo se ha puesto muy caro                  Everything has been very expensive con esta Revolución, in this Revolution, venden la leche por onzas selling milk by the ounce y por gramos el carbón.       and coal by the gram.
	Cuando uno quiere a una         When a man loves a woman y esta una no lo quiere, but she doesn't love him back, es lo mismo como si un calvo it's like a bald man en calle encuentra un peine.            finding a comb in the street. Mi vecina de enfrente My neighbor across the street se llamaba Doña Clara, used to call herself Doña Clara, y si no hubiera muerto and if she hadn't died así se llamaría. that's what she would call herself.    Kids are singing this stuff in Elementary school? Yikes. Lol Some of these are scary and some are funny. Haha. Thanks for reading!