La Guerrillera

The Female Guerrilla

La Guerrillera

Dolores Contreras wasEra Dolores Contreras
A lovely peasantUna linda campesina
She had her little white houseTenía su casita blanca
With just one windowDe una sola ventanita
Where every afternoonA dónde todas las tardes
An eager young man cameIlusionado venía
A dark and strong ladUn mozo moreno y fuerte
Who lived for her kissesQue por sus besos vivía
A dark and strong ladUn mozo moreno y fuerte
Who lived for her kissesQue por sus besos vivía

Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
And I saw Lola ContrerasY yo vi a Lola Contreras
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
Walking down the pathPaseando por la vereda
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
She wore her white dressTenía su vestido blanco
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
Her braids were very darkTenía las trenzas muy negras

But it happened one dayPero sucedió que un día
That to the path arrivedLlegaron a la vereda
The heralds of deathLos heraldos de la muerte
Minions of violenceVasallos de la violencia
And they killed her belovedY mataron a su amado
Beat her old ladyGolpearon a su viejita
And burned the cropsY quemaron los sembrados
Destroyed her little houseDestrozaron su casita
And violated the girlY ultrajaron a la niña
So braveTan gallarda
And so prettyY tan bonita

Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
And I saw Lola ContrerasY yo vi a Lola Contreras
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
Climbing the mountainsSubiendo la serranía
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
From her beautiful eyesDe sus ojazos tan bellos
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
Sad tears were fallingTristes lágrimas caian

Since that horrendous nightDesde aquella noche horrenda
When she fled her little houseEn que huyó de su casita
She changed her lace dressCambió su traje de encajes
For an old riflePor la vieja carabina
Marching down the roadMarchando por el camino
With her delicate figureCon su figura tan fina
And she went to the mountainsY se fue pa' la montaña
To fight with the GuerrillaA pelear con la Guerrilla
And she went to the mountainsY se fue pa' la montaña
To fight with the GuerrillaA pelear con la Guerrilla

Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
And I saw Lola ContrerasY yo vi a Lola Contreras
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
With a fierce lookCon la mirada bravía
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
She doesn't fear deathNo le importa ni la muerte
Oh, oh, ohAy, ay, ay
She's the Queen of the Guerrilla!¡Es la Reina de la Guerrilla!