Canción Del Oro
Victor Manuel
Song of Gold
Miserable drunks,
Prostitutes and beggars,
Lazy bums, thieves, and crooks,
Panhandlers, wanderers,
Let’s all sing together,
Let’s all sing for gold.
Fools and simpletons,
Dealers, garbage men,
Rich, poor, liars,
Rats and pirates,
Let’s all sing together,
Let’s all sing for gold.
Gold, father of bread
And mother of culture,
Treasure of the pirates,
With cufflinks and a tie,
The gold that in crowns,
Makes the sun shine bright.
Cousin of the diamond,
Cousin of coal,
The gold that shuts mouths,
Breaks hands that threaten.
The gold that hides shame
With great modesty.
The gold of bankers
Disguised as paper
That buys souls by weight
And puts incense in the brothel
And to the well-fed pigs
Gives them more to eat.
