El Corrido de Tino Quintero

The Ballad of Tino Quintero

El Corrido de Tino Quintero

To sing the ballad I will tune my guitarPara cantar el corrido voy a afinar mi guitarra
To tell the tragedy of the ranch, the bebelamasPara contar la tragedia del rancho las bebelamas
Where there were dead and wounded because of a bad turnDonde hubo muertos y heridos por una mala pasada

This ballad is sung in the sorrow of two headsEste corrido se canta al pesar de dos cabezas
There were several cowards who shot with maliceFueron varios los cobardes que tiraron con vileza
And the guns sounded, remembering it makes me sadY sonaron las pistolas, de acordarme da tristeza

Between eight and nine they started shootingEntre las ocho y las nueve comenzaron a tirar
Delfino Cháidez said, stop investigatingLes decía delfino cháidez, déjense de averiguar
The case that worries you, better start dancingEl caso que les preocupe, mejor pónganse a bailar

And it was the eighteenth of July, eighty-four, indeedY fue el dieciocho de julio, ochenta y cuatro, por cierto
There were several wounded, there were only three deadFueron varios los heridos, nada más hubo tres muertos
They gave them the dance to achieve their goalLes regalaron el baile pa' poder lograr su intento

The shooting started uncontrollablySe soltó la balacera sin poderlo remediar
I'm going to take the one in front of meA éste que está por delante yo me lo voy a llevar
Tino Quintero said, I'm going to show youLes dijo tino quintero, se los voy a demostrar

When he took down Rigo Armenta, shots came from all sidesCuando tumbó a rigo armenta, de todos lados tiraron
And with his 38 Super, he ran out of bulletsY a su 38 súper, los tiros se le acabaron
Since he had no more ammo, that's why they finished him offComo ya no tenía parque, por eso lo remataron

Gentlemen, I bid you farewell, with a sincere greetingSeñores ya me despido, con un saludo sincero
From the ranch of San Francisco, and also from the feeding troughDel rancho de san francisco, y también del comedero
That's how the ballad of Juventino Quintero endsAsí se acaba el corrido, de juventino quintero