Tanguillos de la defensa [English translation]

With the proper respect

and humbly I expose to Your Honor

and to all the company

what happened that night,

when I was going to Madrid

fulfilling my duty:

I was coming singing with joy,

but may the courtroom don't believe

I was drunk.

And after a curve, I found her.

A drunk doesn't stop, and I did.

In the middle of the pavement, oh my God,

she was laying like a frog.

I jumped and went to her,

I saw she was alive, I blessed my luck.

And so Gracita told me: "I'm damned,

I'm ran over, I'm death's bride"

I got her to the cubicle, my intention was good,

and I left her in a corner

and I told her: go with God ma'am.

For the Divine Shepherd

I swear I treated her like my sister.

I swear solemnly

like the scriptures demand

that of this mess

I'm completely innocent.

That this creature lies

like Eve lied.

Since the world was created, to the men,

women has got us

into trouble, Your Honor.

If you remember the story you'll understand

that I'm having the same problem as Adam.

When they see there's something to say, and sorry Your Honor,

they're going for one like a pack of hounds.

And as I have my life resolved,

these leeches try to turn me around.

If for being good and honest and give the blood to anyone,

and fulfilling my duty of aid in the road,

I could see myself condemned and jailed like a beast,

I swear you, mister lawyer,

agree or not, this way:

I won't stop neither my father

even if I see his guts in the open.

I won't stop neither my father

even if I see his guts in the open.

• Artist:Manolo Escobar