Las Tres Mujeres
Por ahí dice una leyenda
Que en el rancho de Canales
Se aparecen tres mujeres
Que en vida fueron rivales
Se dieron de puñaladas
Allá entre los mezquitales
El causante de esas muertes
Santos Valdez se llamaba
A las tres, por separado
Les decía que las amaba
Pero a ninguna quería
Nada más las engañaba
Lucita era de la costa
De Charco Azul María Inés
Estela era de Reynosa
La más brava de las tres
Decía: Yo pierdo la vida
Antes que Santos Valdez
Dicen que en Laguna Seca
Cuando la gente pasaba
Se oían gritos de mujeres
Cuando el Sol ya se ocultaba
Eran aquellas valientes
Que ya de muertas penaban
Santos Valdez fue a sus tumbas
Para pedirles perdón
Rezaba sus oraciones
Con todo su corazón
Y quien había de pensarlo
Que allá murió en el panteón
Lucita era de la costa
De Charco Azul María Inés
Estela era de Reynosa
La más brava de las tres
Decía: Yo pierdo la vida
Antes que Santos Valdez
The Three Women
There's a legend going around
That in the Canales ranch
Three women appear
Who were rivals in life
They fought with knives
Out there among the mesquite trees
The one responsible for those deaths
Was named Santos Valdez
To each of them, separately
He said he loved them
But he didn't really care
He just played them for fools
Lucita was from the coast
From Charco Azul, María Inés
Estela was from Reynosa
The toughest of the three
She said: I'd lose my life
Before I let Santos Valdez win
They say in Laguna Seca
When people would pass by
You could hear women's screams
When the sun was going down
It was those brave souls
Who were still haunting in death
Santos Valdez went to their graves
To ask for their forgiveness
He prayed his prayers
With all his heart
And who would have thought
That he died there in the cemetery
Lucita was from the coast
From Charco Azul, María Inés
Estela was from Reynosa
The toughest of the three
She said: I'd lose my life
Before I let Santos Valdez win