Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good

No me obligues a ir a la cama y seré bueno

Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good

Un niño riendo una noche en su juegoA laughing baby boy one evening in his play
Molestaba a la familia con su algarabíaHe disturbed the household with his noisy glee
Le advertí que se callara, pero pronto desobedeceríaWell I warned him to keep quiet but he soon would disobey
Pues pronto olvidaría una palabra mía.For he would soon forget a word from me.

Entonces lo llamé a mi lado y le dije hijo debes ir a la camaThen I called him to my side and said son you must go to bed
Porque tu comportamiento ha sido muy, muy groseroFor your conduct has been very very rude
Con labios temblorosos y ojos llenos de lágrimas, me suplicó entoncesWith quivering lips and tear filled eyes he pleaded then with me
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno.Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good.

(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
Eso es lo que le escuché decir y me persigue noche y díaThat's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno.Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good.

Nuestras vidas acababan de alegrarse por su brillante sonrisa ascendenteOur lives have just been gladdened by his bright ascending beam
Nuestro niño ahora en nuestros corazones era muy queridoOur boy now in our hearts was very dear
Rápidamente fui a su cama y lo encontré hablando en sueñosWell I hastened to his bed and found him talking in his sleep
No parecía saber que estábamos cerca.He didn't seem to know that we were near.

Así que lo tomé en mis brazos y encontré su cuerpo lleno de dolorSo I took him in my arms and found his body raked with pain
Para aliviar su dolor hicimos lo mejor que pudimosTo ease his pain we did the best we could
Se me partió el corazón escucharlo llorar tan fuerte en su sueñoIt broke my heart to hear him cryin' so loudly in his sleep
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno.Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good.

(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
Eso es lo que le escuché decir y me persigue noche y díaThat's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno.Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good.

Toda la noche y el día velamos y rezamos y nunca dejamos su ladoAll night and day we watched and prayed and we never left his side
Dejarlo ir parecía que nunca podríamosTo give him up it seemed we never could
Se me partió el corazón escucharlo decir justo antes de morirIt broke my heart to hear him saying just before he died
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno.Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good.

(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
(No papá y seré bueno)(Don't papa and I'll be good)
Eso es lo que le escuché decir y me persigue noche y díaThat's what I heard him say and it haunts me night and day
No me obligues a ir a la cama papá y seré bueno...Don't make me go to bed papa and I'll be good...