The refrain's lyrics make no explicit reference to historical events it is difficult, if not impossible, therefore, to date. The origins of "La Cucaracha" are obscure. In other respects, they are highly variable, usually providing satirical commentary on contemporary political or social problems or disputes. The song's verses fit a traditional melody separate from that of the refrain but sharing the refrain's meter (either 5/4, 6/4, or 4/4 clave as discussed above). Almost all modern versions, however, use a 4/4 meter instead with a clave rhythm to give the feeling of three pulses.
Many later versions of the song, especially those whose lyrics do not mention the cockroach's missing leg(s), extend the last syllable of each line to fit the more familiar 6/4 meter. Measure divisions are independent of text line breaks and are indicated by vertical bar lines note that the refrain begins with an anacrusis/"pickup.")
Syllables having primary stress are in boldface syllables having secondary stress are in roman type unstressed syllables are in italics. La cu -ca- | ra -cha, la cu -ca- ra -cha | ya no pue -de ca -mi- nar por-que no | tie -ne, por-que le fal -tan | las dos pa- titas "de" a- trás.- ("The cockroach, the cockroach / can no longer walk / because she doesn't have, because she lacks / the two hind legs to walk" these lyrics form the basis for the refrain of most later versions. The cockroach's uneven, five-legged gait is imitated by the song's original, 5/4 meter, formed by removing one upbeat (corresponding to the missing sixth leg) from the second half of a 6/4 measure: The song's earliest lyrics, from which its name is derived, concern a cockroach that has lost one of its six legs and struggles to walk with the remaining five. The song consists of verse-and-refrain (strophe-antistrophe) pairs, with each half of each pair consisting of four lines featuring an ABCB rhyme scheme. The song's melody is widely known and there are many alternative stanzas. The song belongs to the Mexican corrido genre. The song's origins are unclear, but it dates back at least to the 1910s during the Mexican Revolution. La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") is a popular Mexican folk song about a cockroach who cannot walk.
"Corrido de la Cucaracha", lithograph (published in 1915) by Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.
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