Pancho Villa (feat. Jesús Chairez and José Gómez)

Pancho Villa (part. Jesús Chairez y José Gómez)

Always on horseback and behind were his golden onesSiempre a caballo y atrás iban sus dorados
Armed, taking care of the generalArmados cuidando al general
The carbines on their chestsLas carabinas carrilleras en el pecho
The rifles ready to fireLos rifles listos pa' detonar

Always on horseback and behind were his golden onesSiempre a caballo y atrás iban sus dorados
Armed, taking care of the generalArmados cuidando al general
The carbines on their chestsLas carabinas carrilleras en el pecho
The rifles ready to fireLos rifles listos pa' detonar

Revolution was a time of warRevolución era tiempo de guerra
He fought against Victoriano HuertaPeleo contra Victoriano Huerta
Several altercations, a thousand battles with no end in sightVarios altercados, mil batallas no veía final

A reward was offered for his headPor él, su cabeza daban recompensa
But no one gave the passwordPero nadie daba santo y seña
It was because he knew how to win the affection of his peopleFue porque el cariño de su gente se supo ganar

A peasant boy grew up poor and orphanedUn campesino creció pobre y huerfanito
It was in Durango where he was bornFue allá en Durango fue donde nació
He killed a bandit who abused his sisterMato a un bandido que abusaba de su hermana
And the man fled to the hillsY para el cerro el hombre se peló

He changed his identity and his luckCambio su identidad también su suerte
Pancho Villa returned strongerPancho Villa regresó más fuerte
He entered the ring, rose up in armsLe entro al ruedo se levantó en armas
And fought against themY les combatió

He led the Northern DivisionLidero la división del norte
The cavalry was at his commandLa caballería estaba a la orden
Everyone acted at the signal of the centaurTodos a la señal de centauro entraban en acción

Pancho was often seen smilingMuy sonriente se veía
With his women on the sidelinesPancho con sus viejas a la orilla
He enjoyed bullfightingToreando se divertía
It was one of his pleasuresEra un gusto de los que tenía
With all his golden ones, he was seen celebratingCon todos sus dorados se le veía festejar
With his mustache and hat, they knew he was the generalDe bigote y sombrero sabían que era el general

It is said that jail is for menSe dice que la cárcel es para los hombres
But he preferred his freedomPero prefirió su libertad
He did more for the people out here than insideHacia más por el pueblo acá afuera que adentro
And he always showed itY eso siempre lo fue a demostrar

He was a terror on American soilEra un terror en suelo americano
He gave them war in Columbus, OhioLes dio guerra en Columbus Ohio
It was over some weapons they didn't want to give himFue por unas armas que al tiro no le quisieron dar

Even the homeland went looking for himHasta la patria fueron a buscarlo
The gringos eager to find himLos güeros con el afán de hallarlo
Several months on his trail and never found himVarios meses tras su pista y no lo encontraron jamás
Brilliant mind and training, strategyMente brillante y adiestramiento, estrategia
He knew how to surprise the enemyAl enemigo sabía sorprender
He confused his opponents with the horsesCon los caballos confundía a los contrarios
He put horseshoes on backwardsLe ponía herraduras al revés

And together with General Zapata, they fought for the same causeY junto con el general Zapata pelearon por una misma causa
And those who crossed the line didn't fare wellY el que se pasaba de la raya no lo iba tan bien
And throughout the state of Durango, it is rumored that there is buried goldY por todo el Estado de Durango se rumora que hay oro enterrado
What that man had accumulated, fortune and powerLo que aquel hombre había acumulado fortuna y poder

Several rifles thunderedVarios fusiles tronaban
And thus they took his lifeY así la vida le arrebataban
Cursed be that morningMaldita aquella mañana
He is remembered in Parral, ChihuahuaSe le recuerda en Parral Chihuahua
That's how men die, betrayed without expecting itAsí mueren los hombres a traición sin esperar
It was Doroteo Arango, Pancho Villa, the generalFue Doroteo Arango Pancho Villa el general