La Parrala

They say La Parrala was from Moguer
Others claim she was born in 'La Parma'
But no one could really know
where Trini 'La Parrala' was from
The gossip said
that the first light of day
always found her drinking
but no one understood
why the agony was consuming her

Some said she knew
Others said she didn't
And, to say more, La Parrala just sang

"That she knows, that she knows, that La Parrala likes wine
That she doesn't, that she doesn't, neither brandy nor maraschino
That she knows, that she knows, that if she doesn't drink, she can't sing
That she doesn't, that she doesn't, that she only drinks to forget"

"Who will buy this mystery,
guess the riddle,
why she cries, why she drinks,
why she suffers La Parrala?"

Two men laughed one 'early morning'
in the 'cormao' where she sang
And the one who fell 'heroically' said before dying
"Because of you, Trini La Parrala has died"

The judges the next day
asked Trini if she knew that man
and Trini replied
"I haven't seen him on my way, I don't know why they killed him"

Some said she knew
Others said she didn't
And, to say more, La Parrala just sang

"That she knows, that she knows, that La Parrala has a lover
That she doesn't, that she doesn't, that she only loves her singing
That she knows, that she knows, that if she doesn't drink, she can't sing
That she doesn't, that she doesn't, that she only drinks to forget"

"Who will buy this mystery,
guess the riddle,
why she cries, why she drinks,
why she suffers La Parrala