Se Mamo El Becerro

The Calf Got Drunk

Se Mamo El Becerro

He was riding his horseIba montado en su cuaco
His dog accompanied himLo acompañaba su perro
He drank from the bottleSe empinaba la botella
Remembering his past confinementRecordaba aquel su encierro
He was informed that in his houseLe informaron que en su casa
There was almost a daily funeralCasi a diario había un entierro

He kept thinking and thinkingNomás pensaba y pensaba
He couldn't explain the matterNo se explicaba el asunto
He took another drinkOtro trago se aventaba
Returning to the same pointRegresaba al mismo punto
How come there were so many funeralsCómo es que había tanto entierro
If there were no deceasedSi no había ningún difunto

He urged his horse onLe apuraba a su caballo
With iron spursCon las espuelas de hierro
He was arriving at the corralIba llegando al corral
That was at the foot of the hillQue estaba bajando el cerro
He couldn't milk the cowNo pudo ordeñar la vaca
Because the calf got drunkPor que se mamó el becerro

Almost arriving at his houseCasi llegando a su casa
Macario took a shortcutMacario tomó un atajo
He opened the back doorAbrió la puerta de atrás
He turned green as hellSe puso verde el carajo
His buddy was upstairsSu compadre estaba arriba
His wife was downstairsSu mujer estaba abajo

With a knife in handCon el cuchillo en la mano
He felt his blood boilSintió que le hervía la sangre
He cut off the guy's legsLe cortó los dos al vato
Fed the dogAl perro le quitó el hambre
And told his wifeY le dijó a su mujer
He's all yours, buddyEs todo tuyo el compadre

Cursing his wifeMaldiciendo a su mujer
Macario went to the hillMacario se fue pa'l cerro
Cursing his buddyMentándosela al compadre
The one who cuckolded himAquel que le puso el cuerno
He knew that of friendsSupo que de los amigos
The best one is always the dogEl mejor siempre es el perro