El Abuelo

The Grandfather

El Abuelo

Hey Grandpa, how do you manage to conquerOye Abuelo Pos como le haces para conquistar
the girlsa las muchachas
Well, you just have to listen to them:Pos no quieras saber como tu nomas ponle oreja:

The grandfather was a Porfirian lizardEra el abuelo un lagartijo porfiriano
that shone at all the high-society gatheringsque brillaba en todas las reuniones de postin

He danced polka, basulca, and also chotisBailaba polka la basulca y tambien chotis
and quickly conquered the girlsy a las muchachas conquistabas en un tris

Come here, Gazelle, come here, we'll mark the beat togetherVen paca Gacela ven paca marcaremos juntos el compas
and when I saw your body spinningy cuando en giros vi tu cuerpo
mine followed, my romantic voice you'll hear in your earel mio sigue alla mi voz romantica a tu oido escucharas

My grandfather used to kneel before the girls and sayA que mi abuelo se les incaba a las muchachas y les decia
Let me run barefoot through your hair!Dejame correr descalso por entre tu pelo
so the hairpins in your hairpara que los pasadores de cu cabellera
tickle my big toe!me hagan cosquillas en el dedo gordo!
Now he kneels and saysAhora se les inca y les dice
Help me get up, child!!Ayudame a levantarme criatura!

When he saw a pretty ladyCuando veia una linda damisela
and in the mornings he made me go to churchy en las mañanas a la iglesia me hizo
he would boldly approach herir tras en la bella descidido se lanzaba el
and sighingly throw her a carnationy suspirando arojabale un clavel

Months go by and he eagerly watches her from afarPasan meses y el con mucho afan de lejos nomas
until finally the dollla ve pasar hasta que al fin la muñequita
and her family go to an aristocratic soirée to dancey su familia van a un sabara aristocratico a bailar

Right away, the very decent girlLuego luego a sacarla la muchacha muy descente
asked permission from her mom, her mom from her dad,le pedia permiso a la mama, la mama al papa,
her dad from her grandma, her grandma from the grandpa,el papa a la abuela, la abuela al abuelo,
the grandpa would twirl his mustacheel abuelo se retorcia los bigotes
and give his consent to the grandma, the grandma to the dad,y daba el consentimiento a la abuela, la abuela al papa,
the dad to the mom, the mom to the girl,el papa a la mama, la mama a la muchacha,
the girl said yes but by thenla muchacha daba el sí pero pa ala
the dance was over.pa entonces se habia acabado el baile.

Months go by and he eagerly watches her from afarPaan meses y el con mucho afan de lejos nomas la ve pasar
The grandfather was a Porfirian lizardEra el abuelo un lagartijo porfiriano
that shone at all the high-society gatheringsque brillaba en todas las reuniones de postin