El Barato

Last weekend I felt like dancing
I went to a chirimía dance and they almost killed each other
A rude man came to ask me for a dance
To give him my partner even if just for a while
I didn't want to lend her and I gave her to my friend Arturo
And I told him my partner doesn't dance against the wall

Chín chín chín chín chín chín chín chín

Machete was looking at my head
Machete was brushing against my back
Machete was rolling next to my leg
And machete was rolling next to my buttock

Chín chín chín chín (chín chín chín chín)

And I hid under the bed
And people ran to the window
And I defended myself with a chair
And machete brushed against my calf

Chorus

Machete on the nape
Machete on the back
Machete on the leg
And machete on the buttock

After so many machete blows they almost killed me
But I started to pray and prayed more and more
Because I have my secret prayers to fight

I know the one of Justo Hueso and I took the machetes away
I prayed the one of Samson and they asked for forgiveness
The elegy of crimentud and the powerful hand
I invoked the trinity and knew other mysteries
I prayed the one of the black dog and the machetes broke
I prayed the one of the black dog and even the bastard ran away

Dance with mine no further
I dance with yours here
Saw mine no further
I saw yours here
Saw it well, tighten it up
Man, saw it, tighten it up
I lift yours here
I warm yours here

When being cheap won't make me get killed

Dance with mine and I with yours
It's the law of the cheap one, it's the law of the festivity
It's the law in my land, it's the law in my neighborhood

Dance with mine and I with yours
Whoever doesn't respect it leaves from here
Leaves from my neighborhood, leaves from here
Whoever comes to mess around leaves from here
Leaves from my neighborhood, leaves from here

Partner change

Machete on the nape
Machete on the back
Machete on the leg
And machete on the buttock

Chín chín (partner change)

Machete on the nape
Machete on the back
Machete on the leg
And machete on the buttock

Partner change

Dance with mine no further
I dance with yours here
Saw mine no further
I saw yours here

Saw it no more, tighten it no more
Tighten it no more, saw it no more

Don't forget it's mine
When you finish, give it back to me

Partner change

Don't forget it's mine
When you finish, give it back to me