La tarántula é un bicho mú malo; No se mata con piera ni palo; Que juye y se mete por tós los rincones Y son mú malinas sus picazones.
¡Ay mare!, no zé que tengo Que ayé pazé por la era Y ha principiaito a entrarme Er má de la temblaera. Zerá q'a mí me ha picáo La tarántula dañina Y estoy toitico enfermáo. Por su sangre tan endina. ¡Te coman los mengues Mardita la araña Que tié en la barriga Pintá una guitarra! Bailando se cura tan jondo doló. ¡Ay! ¡Mal haya la araña que a mí me picó!
No le temo á los rayos ni balas Ni le temo á otra cosa más mala Que me hizo mi pare; Más guapo que er gayo Pero á ese bichito lo parta un rayo. ¡Ay mare! yo estoy malito. Me está entrando unos sudores Que me han dejaito seco Y comío de picores. Zerá que á mí me ha picáo La tarántula dañina, Por eso me he quedao Más dergao que una sardina. ¡Te coman los mengues, Mardita la araña Que tié la barriga Pintá una guitarra! Bailando se cura tan jondo doló. ¡Ay! ¡Mal haya la araña que a mí me picó!
(traducción al inglés:) The spider's an evil insect You can't kill it with sticks or with stones For it runs off and hides in corners And its sting is wdangerous
Oh mother! I don't know what's wrong with me But yesterday I went into the threshing barn And now Ive just begun to get the shakes. A poisinous spider must have stung me And now I'm really ill. Their blood is so lousy, May the devils eat one another up! Damn the spider that has a guitar painted on its belly! Dancing is the only cure for this terrible pain. Ay! Curse the spider that stung me!
I'm not afraid of ligthning or bullets or of the still worse things My father's done to me, He's as tough as they come but may that lousy insect be stuck by lightning. Ay mother, I'm really rather ill. I'm getting into one of those sweats That dries you up And gets you all scabby I must have been stung By the nasty tarantula And that's why I'm getting Thinner than a sardine. May the devils eat one another! To hell with the spider That on it's stomach Has a painted guitar! Dancing is the only cure for this terrible pain. Ay! Curse the spider that stung me!