Ismael Rivera
Y Pedro Flores lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Spanish
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1959
- Genre
- Salsa
- Length
- 2:52
Segundo y Sevito
Second and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's necessary
Está Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores is here
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing rooster
Le pregunté a Ruth Fernández
I asked Ruth Fernández
No me quiso decir na'
She didn't want to say anything
Le pregunté a Daniél Santos
I asked Daniél Santos
Y no me dijo la verdad
And he didn't tell me the truth
Que mire qué cosa, mire qué cosa
Look at this thing, look at this thing
Segundo y Sevito
Second and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's needed
Está Pedro Flores
It's Pedro Flores
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing rooster
Aquí tengo una noticia
Here I have some news
Que al mundo llenó de encanto
That filled the world with charm
Cuando se supo que Alicia
When it was known that Alicia
Se casó con Daniél Santos
Married Daniél Santos
Mire qué cosa, mire qué cosa
Look at this thing, look at this thing
Segundo y Sevito
Segundo and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's needed
Está Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores is here
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing rooster
Lo que digo no es mentira
What I say is not a lie
De esto el mundo se enteró
The world found out about this
El lío de Mirta Silva
The mess with Mirta Silva
Y el bardo Bobby Capó
And the trouble with Bobby Capó
Y mire qué cosa, mire qué cosa
And look what's happening, look what's happening
Segundo y Sevito
Segundo and Sevito
To' lo necesario
Everything necessary
Está Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores is here
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing rooster
Segundo y Sevito
Segundo and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's needed
Está Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores is here
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing rooster
Que me dijo José Belén
That José Belén told me
Esto que voy a explicar
This that I'm about to explain
Que felicite a Cohen
To congratulate Cohen
Para la nueva sociedad
For the new society
Y mire qué cosa, mire qué cosa
And look what a thing, look what a thing
Segundo y Sevito
Second and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's needed
Está Pedro Flores
It's Pedro Flores
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico, playing roosters
Pedro Flores, tu tocayo
Pedro Flores, your namesake
Le dijo a mi mulata
Told my mulatta
Que el truquito de los gallos
That the trick with the roosters
Te está dando mucha plata
Is bringing you a lot of money
Mire qué cosa, mire qué cosa
Look at that thing, look at that thing
Segundo y Sevito
Second and Sevito
To' lo necesario
All that's needed
Está Pedro Flores
Pedro Flores is here
En Puerto Rico jugando gallo
In Puerto Rico playing roosters
Key vocabulary
- aquí
- hereA1
- bardo
- bard
- belén
- BethlehemA2
- bobby
- policeman
- capó
- hood
- casó
- marriedB2
- cosa
- thingA1
- cuando
- whenB1
- dando
- givingA2
- daniél
- DanielA1
About this song
Firmly fixed in the Latin music firmament as "El Sonero Mayor" (The Greatest Singer), Ismael Rivera was blessed with a gloriously husky voice, which he honed into a unique improvisational instrument.