500 Novillos

500 Steers

500 Novillos

When we left the ranchCuando salimos del rancho
With the strong herd of steersCon la fuerte novillada
How many jobs we went throughCuantos trabajos pasamos
With that big herdCon aquella gran manada

Five hundred steers they wereQuinientos novillos eran
All very lightTodititos muy livianos
We couldn't stop themNo los pudimos parar
Among twenty MexicansEntre veinte mexicanos

In the plains of dovesEn los llanos de palomas
A fierce bull was releasedSe soltó un toro bragado
And the foreman lassoed itY el caporal lo lazo
On his horse, the deerEn su caballo el venado

The mother of a rancherLa mamá de un ranchero
Asks the foremanLe pregunta al caporal
Ma'am, if I told youSeñora si le dijera
Would you start to crySe pusiera usted a llorar
Your son was killed by a bullA su hijo lo mato un toro
In the pens of a corralEn las trancas de un corral

With this I bid farewellYa con esta me despido
I have nothing else to singYa no tengo que cantar
These verses were composedEstos versos los compuso
By the armed foremanArmadito el caporal