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La Cucaracha

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Text anonymous (ca1910). English trad. (≤1981).

(Chorus :)
La Cucaracha
La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
Grab a rifle everyone
If land and freedom don’t inspire you,
Maybe marijuana can.
 
1
Rich folks say with much derision
That the peasants all lack vision
Lousy scum in rags and tatters
But the central army scatters.
 
(Chorus)
 
2
They grow maize around El Paso
They make fine cloth those Saltillans
They tan leather in Chihuahua …
In Mexico City they make millions.
 
(Chorus)
 
3
In the year we took the mine works
How the Yankees made contrition ...
When they couldn’t buy our labor
Ay they bought our politicians.
 
(Chorus)
 
4
Swear an oath to the alcalde
Many rifles he is wearing …
If we break into his armoury
We can break the oaths we’re swearing.
 
(Chorus :)
 
5
When we’ve burned the great cathedral
We will make the revolution …
If please God we prove successful
Priests will give us absolution.
 
(Chorus :)
 
6
Caballeros do not fear us
Raise the rent of your peones...
The last landlord who came near us
Lost his courage and cojones,
 
(Chorus :)
La cucaracha, la cucaracha,
Grab a rifle everyone
If land and freedom don’t inspire you,
Maybe marijuana can.

Paru aussi dans : South London Anarchist Group (ed.). — Anarchist song book, to tunes you know. — London [UK] : South London Anarchist Group, [1981] (p. 15-16).