Sentado en silla de oro estaba el senor Don Gato

Seated on a chair of gold was Mister Cat


Con unas medias de seda y unos zapatitos blancos


With stockings of silk and little white shoes

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Ate y ale pum, ate y ale pum, unos zapatitos blancos
Ha recibido una carta que si quiere ser casado


He recieved a letter asking if he wishes to be married


Con una gatita parda, sobrina de un gato pardo

To a dark girl cat, niece of a dark cat


El gatito de contento se ha caido del tejado


The kitten, from joy has fallen from the roof

Ya se ha muerto, ya se ha muerto, ya se ha muerto, el gatito


Now he has died, now he has died, now he has died, the kitten


Ya lo llevan a enterrar, por la calle del pescado

Now they take him to bury him, through the street of the fish


Las gatitas van de luto y los ratones bailando


The kittens go in mourning and the rats dancing

Y al olor de las sardinas el gato ha resucitado


And at the smell of the sardines the cat has revived


Por eso dicen la gente: siete vidas tiene el gato

That is why people say: cats have seven lives


(See also: English Version)