Las Plañideras

The Mourning Women

Las Plañideras

When anyone would dieCuando se moria cualquiera
They'd set up a good wakeSe prepara buen mortorio
And a big fuss would break outY se armaba un samplegorio
With top-notch mournersCon lloronas de primera
Yeah, 'cause the mourning womenSi, porque las plañideras
Were part of the businessEran parte del negocio
Oh God, oh Lord, what painAy dios, ay señor, que dolor

A necessary instrumentInstrumento necesario
In the grim momentEn el momento funesto
That was in the budgetQue iban en el presupuesto
Of the funeral serviceDel servicio funerario

World-renownedMundialmente conocidas
For a cry so awakePor un llanto tan despierto
That they were always confusedQue con la madre del muerto
With the dead person's motherEran siempre confundidas
Oh God, oh Lord, what painAy dios, ay señor, que dolor

When anyone would dieCuando se moria cualquiera
They'd set up a good wakeSe prepara buen mortorio
And a big fuss would break outY se anmaba un samplegorio
With top-notch mournersCon lloronas de primera
Yeah, 'cause the mourning womenSi, porque las plañideras
Were part of the businessEran parte del negocio
Oh God, oh Lord, what painAy dios, ay señor, que dolor

At the wakes of the poorA los velorios de pobres
The mourning women wouldn't showNo asistian las plañideras
They were so interestedTan interesadas eran
That they wouldn't cry for cashQue no lloraban si cobres

The crying went with the prayersEl llanto iba con el rezo
Sadly mixed upTristemente confundido
The old ladies made such noiseLas viejas hacian tal ruido
That the dead would say, "What the hell is this?"Que el muerto decian ¡que es esto!
Oh God, oh Lord, what painAy dios, ay señor, que dolor

When anyone would dieCuando se moria cualquiera
They'd set up a good wakeSe prepara buen mortorio
And a big fuss would break outY se armaba un samplegorio
With top-notch mournersCon lloronas de primera
Yeah, 'cause the mourning womenSi, porque las plañideras
Were part of the businessEran parte del negocio
Oh God, oh Lord, what painAy dios, ay señor, que dolor

Haha, and as they say around there¡¡Ja ja y como dicen por alli
The dead to the holeEl muerto al hoyo
And the living to the party, hahaY el vivo al brollo ja ja
I ain't taking nothing, byeNo te llevo nada huy

And I'm looking for a mournerY yo voy buscando una plañidera
Oh yayay, the mournerHay yayay la plañidera
To kick off the cryingPa que arranque la lloradera
And I'm looking for a mournerY yo voy buscando una plañidera
Oh yayay, the mournerHay yayay la plañidera
And let Alberto Caldera say itY que lo diga alberto caldera

Crying, cryingLloraito, lloraito
The mourners have arrivedQue llegaron las plañideras
Crying, crying (cry it)Lloraito, lloraito (lloralo)
The mourners have arrived (hey)Que llegaron las plañideras (he)
Crying mama, cryingLloraito mama, lloraito
The mourners have arrived (delicious)Que llegaron las plañideras (sabroso)
Crying mama, cryingLloraito mama, lloraito
The mourners have arrivedQue llegaron las plañideras

(Mourners)(Plañideras)
The crying beginsComienza la lloradera
(Mourners)(Plañideras)
But with more intensityPero con mas berraquera
(Mourners)(Plañideras)
Crying, crying, crying, crying, cryingQue llora llora llora llora llora
(Mourners)(Plañideras)
The mourner criesQue llora la plañidera