Chulas fronteras
HABLADO:
'Chulas fronteras del norte como las extrano,
no las diviso desde hace un ano.'
Andandome yo paseando
por las fronteras del norte
Ay que cosa mas hermosa.
De Tijuana a Ciudad Juarez
de Ciudad Juarez Laredo
de Laredo a Matamoros
Sin olvisar a Reynosa
Una muchacha en el puente
blanca flor de primavera
me miraba me miraba
Le pedi me resolviera
si acaso yo le gustaba
pero ella queria otra cosa
Le ayudara en la pasada
HABLADO:
No pos me vio fuerte de brazo,
ancho de espalda,
pos no me cargo de bultos,
ah que vieja tan chivera,
y yo haciendole testera,
al llegar a la aduana
me dice el de la cachucha
'que llevas ahi,'
'no pos pura cosa permitida,'
'mentira, llevas generos.'
Ah que sopor y que bochorno,
empece a pasar aceite,raza,
sude y sude de pura verguenza.
Antes iba al otro lado
escondido de la gente
pues pasaba de mojado.
Ahora tengo mis papeles
ya estoy dentro de la ley
tomo whiskey o la tequila
Hasta en medio del high way.
HABLADO:
'Ey tu mecsicano, tu eres mojado.'
'Guara moment guero, guara moment,
I working here, I working in the piscas
in the betabel a 22 arroces
I gara peipers, I gara peipers,
dis is mai picture,
un poco bigoton pero is mai picture.'
'Si pero tu estar tomando.'
'Bicos I jev mony,
and wit di mony dancing di dog.
Con dinero baila el perro criatura
no te vayas dioquis echate un trago.'
'No este tecaila mucho picoso mucho caliente.'
'Don't bi soflamer, don't be soflamer,
no seas soflamero y no digas tecaila
por que echate otro.'
'No, otra vez serai'
'Bueno, I wait for yu, or yu wait for me,
mejor yu guey.'
Yo les digo a mis amigos
cuando vayan a las piscas
no se dejen enganar.
Con los guero ganen lana
pero no la han de gastar.
Venganse pa la frontera
donde si van a gozar.
Beautiful Borders
SPOKEN:
'Beautiful borders of the north how I miss them,
haven't seen them for a year.'
Walking around
along the northern borders
Oh, what a beautiful thing.
From Tijuana to Ciudad Juarez
from Ciudad Juarez to Laredo
from Laredo to Matamoros
Not forgetting Reynosa
A girl on the bridge
white spring flower
she looked at me, she looked at me
I asked her to help me
if she liked me
but she wanted something else
I helped her cross
SPOKEN:
Well, she saw me strong-armed,
broad-backed,
well, I don't carry loads,
what a tricky woman,
and I making her headstrong,
when we reached the customs
the guy with the cap says,
'what do you have there,'
'just permitted things,'
'lie, you have goods.'
Oh, what a nuisance and embarrassment,
I started to sweat, race,
sweated and sweated out of pure shame.
Before I used to go to the other side
hidden from people
as I crossed as a wetback.
Now I have my papers
I'm already within the law
taking whiskey or tequila
Even in the middle of the highway.
SPOKEN:
'Hey, you Mexican, you're a wetback.'
'Wait a moment, white guy, wait a moment,
I'm working here, I'm working in the fields
in the sugar beet at 22 arrobas
I have papers, I have papers,
this is my picture,
with a little mustache but it's my picture.'
'Yes, but you're drinking.'
'Because I have money,
and with the money, the dog dances.
With money, the dog dances, creature,
don't leave, buddy, have a drink.'
'No, this tequila is too spicy, too hot.'
'Don't be a wimp, don't be a wimp,
don't be a wimp and don't say tequila
because have another one.'
'No, I'll be drunk again'
'Okay, I'll wait for you, or you wait for me,
better you, dude.'
I tell my friends
when they go to the fields
not to be fooled.
With the white guys, they make money
but they won't spend it.
Come to the border
where you'll really enjoy.