El Bautizo de Cheto

Cheto came to this world from Camila the lazy,
The stork sent him complete with his cake and his trunk;
It was his dad Quirino and a man who was there...
He volunteered to be the godfather with his wife Mimí.

Cheto caused a commotion that night he was born:
It was the night of the earthquake when the Angel fell.
-Cover up and get out of here because his head is shaking
and if it shakes, there's an earthquake;
Oh, my goodness, it's cracking!, no wonder I'm getting wet!,
Is it the baby or is it me?

-Oh, what a dark little brat!-,
opined journalists who came to see him.
-He looks like a bug-;
and they took lots of photos of the dad and the mom.

-Oh, what a cool kid!-,
those nosy women said who just came to snoop around.
-He looks just like Eutimio...
Oh, I mean: Mr. Quirino; he looks...just like you, no doubt.

I saw Cheto from Camila the lazy get baptized,
Wrinkled, snub-nosed, and dark in his blue robe.
Panuncio made big curls with a medallion,
But on the back he printed an ad for Columbus' Glories.

They had Cheto there in the baptismal font;
With the water, he got restless and they started to pour it.
-Uncover his little chest here.
-Oh sir, no, poor thing, he might catch a cold,
Uncover him, it's baptism; if he gets wet, God wanted it,
You can take him out to sunbathe.

-Oh, Cheto is so dark!
It doesn't matter that he's dark, he deserves a slap..
-I think he's so dark
because it's been about a year since they cut our power.

-Oh, Cheto is so cool!
They didn't give me my ticket like they gave Juan.
-It's not called a ticket:
it's the curl, Mr. Cristeto, ask Sebastian for one.