El Curita Y La Coqueta

Year of ninety-nine
January twenty-fifth
I don't forget the date
because I bet my money
on the legs of the priest
of the Quintero brothers.

To the lane of Aguamansa
in Riverside, California
they brought the flirtatious woman
from the state of Arizona
to race with the priest
she had a reputation as a champion.

They weren't amateurs, gentlemen
but the greens were flying
to the mare of the Porras
the bets were overflowing
because they said that against the priest
they would easily win.

We give you two for one
the mare's supporters shouted
I saw the stacks of thousands
that the Quinteros were taking out
to match the bills
that were bet on the flirtatious woman.

Little Pérez is walking
already with the flirtatious woman
she looked very pretty
but she was very restless
maybe thinking about the victory
since she was already set.

The priest's runner
a top jockey
said bet without fear
I'll win this one, gentlemen
I, Pérez Prado, beat more than four runners.

A shot broke the silence
and the gates opened
everyone was shouting
they're coming, they're coming
but when the priest came out
he broke the rope first.

In the safest there is risk
said Juanito Carmona
I never thought that the priest
would be dethroned
in the lane of Aguamansa
the champion was dethroned.