Couro de Boi

I know an old saying from the times of the cowboys
A father raises ten sons, but ten sons don't raise a father
Feeling the weight of the years, unable to work anymore
An old cowboy, with his son, went to live
The young man was married, and the wife started to pick on him
You send the old man away, if you don't want me to go
The tough-hearted young man went to talk to the old man

For you to move out
Father, I came to ask you
Today from my house
You have to leave

Take this ox hide
That I just tanned
To serve as a blanket
Where you sleep

The poor old man, silent
Took the hide and left
His eight-year-old grandson
Who witnessed that scene

Ran after his grandfather
Shaking his coat
Half of that hide
He asked for it crying

The moved old man
To not see his grandson crying
Cut the hide in half
And gave it to the grandson

The boy arrived home
His father asked him
Why do you want this hide
That your grandfather took

The boy said to his father
One day I will get married
You will grow old
And come live with me

It may happen
That we don't get along
I will give this half of the hide
For you to take