Tell it, tell it everywhere
Mister Cotal's wife is dead!
Because he found her with a Spaniard
alone in the house, so he killed her
he himself escaped, by force and by cunning
Tell it, tell it everywhere
Mister Cotal's wife is dead!
I say so, since I saw him
-O, help me Christ- biting his finger
Screaming and weeping: "Spaniard, watch out!"
Tell it, tell it everywhere
Mister Cotal's wife is dead!
Watch out if I get you, Don Spaniard!
Over my bed i will teach you a lesson
such that if it were written, the letters would weep
Tell it, tell it everywhere
Mister Cotal's wife is dead!
Mister, it seems to me, thanks to her and to me
Let me be and do not worry
it seems bad enough to be, having cuckolded you
Tell it, tell it everywhere
Mister Cotal's wife is dead!