Speedy Gonzales
		Speedy Gonzales (1962) Pat Boone SPOKEN: It was a moonlit night in old Mexico. I walked alone between some old adobe haciendas. Suddenly, I heard the plaintive cry of a young Mexican girl. You better come home, Speedy Gonzales Away from tannery row Stop alla your a-drinkin' With that floozie named Flo Come on home to your adobe And slap some mud on the wall The roof is leakin' like a strainer There's loadsa roaches in the hall Speedy Gonzales, why dontcha come home? Speedy Gonzales, how come ya leave me all alone? SPOKEN in a male Mexican accent: "Hey, Rosita-I hafta go shopping downtown for my mudder-she needs some tortillas and chili peppers." Your doggy's gonna have a puppy And we're runnin' outta coke No enchiladas in the icebox And the television's broke I saw some lipstick on your sweatshirt I smelled some perfume in your ear Well if you're gonna keep on messin' Don't bring your business back a-here Mmm, Speedy Gonzales, why dontcha come home? Speedy Gonzales, how come ya leave me all alone? SPOKEN in a male Mexican accent: "Hey, Rosita-come queek-down at the cantina, they giving green stamps with tequila!!" Speedy Gonzalez (2006) Kumbia All-Starz Érase una vez, en un little time pueblito un ratoncito muy veloz y muy enamorado al que llamaban Speedy Gonzales esta es su historia y lo que pasó Cuando su novia Rosita se fue Y dice más o menos así Ya veo venir a Speedy Gonzales Como un pequeño ciclón Ha tomado muchos tragos Porque Rosita lo dejó El nunca le teme a nada Pero esta vez si lloro Es la muchacha que le gusta La dueña de su corazón Speedy Gonzales, al rancho llegó Speedy Gonzales, estas palabras mencionó "Hey Rosita come to my house a comer frijoles y tortillas con Chile" Lalalalalalaa Lalalalalalaa Ella corrió a la ventana Y entonces lo consoló Le dijo que lo adoraba Y Speedy se desmayó. Hasta que lo despertaron Y le pudieron decir Si con Rosita se casaba Corriendo el se fue de aquí. Speedy Gonzales, al rancho llegó Speedy Gonzales, estas palabras mencionó "Hey Rosita come to my house a comer frijoles y tortillas con Chile" Lalalalalalaa Lalalalalalaa [ Speedy Gonzalez Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com/ ] It turns out the Kumbia All-Starz's version is itself a cover of an early 1960s remake by Manolo Muñoz, an early "roc-n-rol en español" singer from Mexico (I think Boone came first, but maybe he just "translated" Muñoz's version for an American audience). Here's the Youtube copy of his TV performance on what appears to be the Mexican equivalent of the Ed Sullivan show: Translation: Once upon a time in a little village there lived a little mouse who was very fast and very much in love named Speedy González This is his story about what happened to him when his sweetheart Rosita left him and it goes more or less like this Here comes Speedy González like a little tornado He's had too much to drink since Rosita left him He never feared anything but this time he cried She's the one he desires, the owner of his heart Speedy González, arrived at the ranch Speedy González, these words he spoke "Hey Rosita, come to my house [to eat beans and tortillas with chile]!" LALALALALALALALALA She ran to the window and comforted him She told him that she loved him and Speedy fainted dead away Until they revived him and then they could ask wouldn't he marry Rosita he couldn't get out of there too fast Speedy González, arrived at the ranch Speedy González, these words he spoke "Hey Rosita, down at the cantina they're giving drinks and sweet tequila!"