Los 500 Novillos
Cuando salimos de fianza
con la fuerte novillada
ay que trabajos pasamos
por esa grande llanada
Quinientos novillos fueron
todititos muy livianos
no los pudieron parar
entre quince americanos
A las once de la noche
se solto un fuerte aguacero
para poderlos parar
les formamos tiroteo
En los llanos del palomo
se nos solto un toro bravo
el caporal lo lazo
en su caballo melano
La mama de un vaquero
le pregunta al caporal
que razón me da de mi hijo
que no lo he visto llegar
Señora si le dijera
se pondria usted a llorar
a su hijo lo ha matado un toro
en las zanjas de un corral
Quinientos novillos fueron
todititos muy livianos
no los pudieron parar
entre quince americanos
Ya con esta me despido
ya no tengo que cantar
estos versos los compuso
Giribaldo el caporal
The 500 Steers
When we left on bail
with the strong herd of steers
oh, the troubles we went through
across that vast plain
Five hundred steers they were
all very lively
they couldn't be stopped
by fifteen Americans
At eleven at night
a heavy downpour was unleashed
in order to stop them
we formed a shootout
In the plains of the palomo
a fierce bull got loose
the foreman lassoed it
on his dark horse
The mother of a cowboy
asks the foreman
what reason can you give me about my son
that I haven't seen him arrive
Ma'am, if I told you
you would start to cry
a bull has killed your son
in the ditches of a corral
Five hundred steers they were
all very lively
they couldn't be stopped
by fifteen Americans
With this I bid farewell
I have no more to sing
these verses were composed
by Giribaldo the foreman