"La Cucaracha"

Traditional Mexican folk song

Ya murió la cucaracha. Y la llevan a enterrar Entre cuatro zopilotes Y un ratón de sacristán.		The cockroach just died, And they carried him off to bury him Among four buzzards And the sexton's mouse.
La cucaracha, la cucaracha, Ya no puede caminar; Porque no tiene, porque le falta, Marijuana que fumar.		La cucaracha, that little cockroach, Now he can't go travelling; Beause he doesn't have, because he lacks, Marijuana to smoke.

Cucaracha

La Cucaracha is a fun, lively song that has multiple levels of meaning.
Numerous variants exist, with many more verses than are shown here.
Several popular variants allude to smoking marijuana,
and the title indicates a reference to a cockroach (thus, a reefer roach).
However, it is most often understood that the term cockroach refers to two things:
Pancho Villa's vehicle, and a code name for a soldadera (female revolutionary).

Midi: La Cucaracha

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