José, Ramón y María

José, Ramón, and María

José, Ramón y María

From Guanaceví they leftDe Guanaceví salieron
With luck on their sideCon una suerte corrían
They put all their faithToda su fe la pusieron
In a pickup they hadEn un pick-up que traían
They were heading to the borderIban rumbo al la frontera
José, Ramón, and MaríaJosé, Ramón y María

José told RamónJosé a Ramón le decía
'This load is the good stuff'Esta carga es de la buena
When they started to hearCuando empezaron a oír
A siren cryingQue lloraba una sirena
It was from some fedsEra de unos federales
Driven by Juan HerreraQue conducía Juan Herrera

Juan tells his agentsJuan le dice a sus agentes
'The machine guns can handle it'Las metralletas aguantan
'Aim well and make sureApúntenle bien seguro
To blow out the tires'A reventarle las llantas
'If we manage to stop itSi la logramos parar
We'll split the load'Nos repartimos la carga

But that pickupPero la pick-up aquella
Well-equipped as it wasBien equipada que estaba
They lowered the exhaust pipesLe bajaron los escapes
Almost touching the groundY al piso casi llegaba
Since it was dirt roadComo era terracería
The agents didn't seeLos agentes no miraban
It was because of the dustEra por la polvadera
That the pickup was kicking upQue la pick-up levantaba

(And here's a shoutout to all the folks from Tepehuanes, Durango)(Y ahí le va para toda la raza de Tepehuanes, Durango)
(And all their ranch folks)(Y toda su rancherada)
(And give it your all, my Alacranes Musical)(Y échele bonito mis Alacranes Musical)

Passing through TepehuanesAl pasar por Tepehuanes
No one was following themAhí nadie los seguía
But they didn't realizePero no se dieron cuenta
That they alerted the armyQue al ejército avisaron
And they blocked the bridgeY les bloquearon el puente
To Santiago PapasquiaroDe Santiago Papasquiaro

Upon reaching Los HerrerasAl llegar a Los Herreras
They disappearedAhí desaparecieron
They had a friend thereAhí un amigo tenían
Who knew them wellQue los conocía muy bien
And he sent them off unsuspectedlyY los echó sin sospechas
With the pickup onto the trainCon todo y pick-up al tren

In the city of SantiagoEn la ciudad de Santiago
The train passed by calmlyEl tren tranquilo pasaba
The soldiers didn't thinkLos soldados no pensaron
That in one of the wagons they had goneQue en un vagón se les fuera
And they sent helicoptersY helicópteros mandaron
To watch the roadsA vigilar carreteras

They reached their destinationA su destino llegó
With the load they were carryingLa carga que ellos traían
I won't say their last namesSus apellidos no digo
Because it would give it all awayPorque todo lo diría
This story was toldEsta historia la contaron
By José, Ramón, and MaríaJosé, Ramón y María