El Carretonero

The Cart Driver

El Carretonero

in an old carten un carreton viejito
where fortino was comingdonde venia fortino
he had a wooden boxtraia un cajon de madera
with the body of his childcon el cuerpo de su niño
he was ready to killvenia dispuesto a matar
whoever stopped his pathquien detengo su camino
in a very rich houseen una casa muy rica
of the rosita estatede la hacienda la rosita
fortino knocked on the doorfortino toco la puerta
they answered 'right away'le respondieron ahorita
only to later appearpara aparecer despues
a very beautiful womanuna mujer muy bonita
the woman was surprisedla mujer se sorprendio
to see the cart driveral ver al carretonero
we don't give alms hereaqui no damos limosna
we don't want beggarsno queremos pordioceros
it's better for you to leavevale mas que se retire
and not come back beggingy no vuelva limosnero
have you forgotten so soonque pronto se te olvido
that I was your first husbandque fui tu esposo primero
you left us for another mannos dejaste por otro hombre
who has a lot of moneyque tiene mucho dinero
here I bring your dead sonaqui muerto traigo a tu hijo
said the cart driverle dijo el carretonero
he took out a pistolsaco una pistola escuadra
from his bag that he carriedde su morral que traia
before my son diedantes de morir a mi hijo
I swore I would find youle jure te encontraria
only he didn't knowsolamente que no supo
that later he would kill youque despues te mataria
he shot six bulletsle disparo seis balazos
at the woman's bodyal cuerpo de la señora
your lover has moneytu amante tiene dinero
so he can bury you nowpara que te entierre ahora
son, bring his coffinya mijo trai su cajon
only you are missing, traitorsolo faltas tu traidora
as for me, they can throw me to the mountaina mi que me echen pal monte
he spoke with great sadnesshablo con mucha tristesa
as he hugged his sonal abrazarse de su hijo
he held on firmlyse aferraba con firmeza
then he raised his armdespues levanto su brazo
and shot himself in the headse disparo en la cabeza