La Mamá de Los Pollitos

The Mother of the Chicks

La Mamá de Los Pollitos

A little hen spinsUna gallinita gira
He stood up and let out three screamsSe paró y echó tres gritos
A little hen spinsUna gallinita gira
He stood up and let out three screamsSe paró y echó tres gritos

She said herself very proudlyMuy ufana se decía
Being a mother of chicksSer mamá de los pollitos
She said herself very proudlyMuy ufana se decía
Being a mother of chicksSer mamá de los pollitos

On the other side of the fenceAl otro lado del cerco
A cockerel crowsCanta un gallo copetón
On the other side of the fenceAl otro lado del cerco
A cockerel crowsCanta un gallo copetón

You weren't a hottieTú no fueras mamacita
If it weren't for my stompSi no es por mi pisotón
You weren't a hottieTú no fueras mamacita
If it weren't for my stompSi no es por mi pisotón

You see it, you see itYa lo ven, ya lo ven
That this life is a palenqueQue esta vida es un palenque
They don't believe it, they don't believe itNo lo creen, no lo creen
And if you don't believe it, don't even think soY si no lo creen, no le aunque

If the hen spinsSi la gallinita gira
Spin, spin in its little nestGira, gira en su nidito
If the hen spinsSi la gallinita gira
Spin, spin in its little nestGira, gira en su nidito

Of course you have the rightClaro que tiene derecho
From stopping to shoutingDe pararse a echar un grito
Of course you have the rightClaro que tiene derecho
From stopping to shoutingDe pararse a echar un grito

At the fairs they play roostersEn las ferias juegan gallos
And in fights you betY en las peleas se apuesta
At the fairs they play roostersEn las ferias juegan gallos
And in fights you betY en las peleas se apuesta

All thanks to the eggsTodo gracias a los huevos
From a hen like thisDe una gallina como esta
That later are the chickensQue más tarde son los pollos
From a hen like thisDe una gallina como esta

You see it, you see itYa lo ven, ya lo ven
That this life is a palenqueQue esta vida es un palenque
They don't believe it, they don't believe itNo lo creen, no lo creen
And if you don't believe it, don't even think soY si no lo creen, no le aunque

A blind henUna gallinita ciega
He got tangled up with a parrotSe enredó con un perico
A blind henUna gallinita ciega
He got tangled up with a parrotSe enredó con un perico

And although the blind woman denies itY aunque la ciega lo niega
There is a swindler chickenHay un pollo merolico
Although the blind woman denies itAunque la ciega lo niega
There is a swindler chickenHay un pollo merolico

You see it, you see itYa lo ven, ya lo ven
That this life is a palenqueQue esta vida es un palenque
They don't believe it, they don't believe itNo lo creen, no lo creen
And if you don't believe it, don't even think soY si no lo creen, no le aunque