Alla En El Rancho Grande

Over at the Big Ranch

Over at the big ranch,
over where she lived,
there was a little ranch girl,
who cheerfully told me;
who cheerfully told me:

I'm going to make your shirt
like the one a rancher wears
with the collar halfway down the back
and the sleeves down to the ground.

Over at the big ranch,
over where she lived,
there was a little ranch girl,
who cheerfully told me;
who cheerfully told me:

I'm going to make your pants
like the ones a rancher wears
(And then?)
I'll start them in wool
and finish them in leather.

Over at the big ranch...

The pleasure of the ranch girls
(What is it?)
Is to wear their good shoes,
and put them on Sunday
when they go down to the village.

Over at the big ranch...

The pleasure of the ranchers
(What is it?)
Is to have their good horse,
(And then?)
Tighten the saddle well
and run it across the plain.

Over at the big ranch...

The pleasure of the ranch girls
Is to have their good griddle,
Make long thick tortillas
and shout at the hawk.

Over at the big ranch...

The pleasure of the ranch girls
(What is it?)
Is to fetch water from the well
(And then?)
To chat with their boyfriend
and be biting the shawl.

Over at the big ranch...

I fell in love with a rancher
To see if he would give me corn,
But the ungrateful rancher
Only gave me beatings.

Over at the big ranch...

The pleasure of the ranch girls,
(What is it?)
Is to buy a good chomite,
And sit in the afternoons
with their pot of esquites.