Johnny Cartucho

Johnny Cartucho

Johnny Cartucho

Johnny Cartucho was famous in Oklahoma,Johnny cartucho fue famoso en oklahoma,
'Cause no one could entertain like he could.Porque ninguno deleitaba como él
With his guitar and his velvet voice,Con su guitarra y su voz de terciopelo
And his look like a cowboy from the Wild West.Y con su estampa del vaquero del farwest

When he sang so well, he did it,Cuando cantaba tan bien lo hacía,
That even the cows followed him around (repeat).Que hasta las vacas iban tras él (bis)

One time in the Arizona desert,Cierta vez en el desierto de arizona
The Native Americans managed to catch him.Los pieles rojas lo lograron apresar
They prepped him with lettuce and radishes,Lo prepararon con lechuga y rabanitos
And served him as cold cuts for dinner.Y lo sirvieron de fiambre pa cenar

When the story was almost over,Cuando ya casi no cuenta el cuento
With his instrument, he managed to escape (repeat).Con su instrumento pudo escapar (bis)

The diners and the waitstaff at the table,Los comensales y sirvientes de la mesa
When they heard him, they lost their minds.Al escucharlo quedaron fuera de si,
Even the old ladies, out of excitement… fainted,Hasta las viejas de emoción… se desmayaban
And even the chief, with great composure, said:Y aún el cacique con gran flema dijo así:

Long live Cartucho, the flashy cowboy,Viva cartucho cowboy florido
Who has won back his freedom (repeat).Que ha conseguido su libertad (bis)

Everyone was mesmerized,Todas las gentes quedaron embelezadas
Except for one guy who was left furious.Excepto uno que con rabia se quedó,
He was the official serenade singer,Era el cantor oficial de las serenatas
Whose success of Cartucho really pissed him off.A quien el éxito de cartucho disgustó

And in the thick of it, in overalls,Y en la espesura, y en mameluco
With a shotgun, he went to wait (repeat).Con un trabuco lo fue a esperar (bis)

On his bottle-green mare,Sobre su yegua de color verde botella
Johnny Cartucho whistles and rides carefree.Johnny cartucho silba y va despreocupao
When suddenly his nag with its tail,Cuando de pronto su matungo con la cola,
Signaled to him that there was trouble brewing.Comunicóle que había gato encerrao

A brawl like no other,Una trifulca sin precedentes
Suddenly broke out there (repeat).Muy de repente allí se armó (bis)

The Native American with a blast from his shotgun,El pielroja con una salva de trabuco
Wanted to leave Johnny like a sieve.Quería dejarlo a jhonny cual colador
But he, swinging his guitar,Pero éste revoleando su guitarra
Deflected the bullets from the troubadour.Rechazaba los plomos del trovador
And in the ricochet of the gunfire,Y en el rebote de los balazos
With a strum of his guitar, he put him to sleep (repeat).De un guitarrazo me lo durmió (bis)