La Persecución de Villa

Villa's Pursuit

La Persecución de Villa

Homeland Mexico, February twenty-threePatria México, febrero veintitrés
Carranza let Americans passDejó Carranza pasar americanos
Two thousand soldiers, two hundred airplanesDos mil soldados, doscientos aeroplanos
Looking for Villa, wanting to kill himBuscando a Villa, queriéndolo matar

Then Carranza told them eagerlyDespués Carranza les dijo afanoso
If they are brave and want to fight himSi son valientes y lo quieren combatir
Granted, I give you permissionConcedido, Yo les doy el permiso
So they can learn to diePara que así se enseñen a morir

They began to send expeditionsComenzaron a echar expediciones
The airplanes began to flyLos aeroplanos comenzaron a volar
In different and various directionsPor distintas y varias direcciones
Looking for Villa, wanting to kill himBuscando a Villa, queriéndolo matar

The soldiers who came from TexasLos soldados que vinieron desde Texas
Couldn't find Pancho VillaA Pancho Villa no podían encontrar
Very annoyed after an eight-hour journeyMuy fastidiados de ocho horas de camino
The poor ones wanted to go backLos pobrecitos se querían regresar

The horsemen couldn't sitLos de a caballo ya no se podían sentar
And the foot soldiers couldn't walkY los de a pie no podían caminar
Then Villa flew over them in his airplaneEntonces Villa les pasa en su aeroplano
And from above he said: GoodbyeY desde arriba les dijo: Good bye

When they found out Villa was already deadCuando supieron que Villa ya era muerto
Everyone shouted with furyTodos gritaban henchidos de furor
Now, dear comradesAhora sí, queridos compañeros
Let's go to Texas covered in honorVamos a Texas cubiertos con honor

But they didn't know Villa was aliveMas no sabían que Villa estaba vivo
And that they would never be able to get himY que con él nunca iban a poder
If they wanted to pay a visitSi querían hacer una visita
They could go see him in the mountainsHasta la sierra lo podían ir a ver

They began to launch their airplanesComenzaron a lanzar sus aeroplanos
Then Villa studied a good planEntonces Villa, un buen plan les estudió
He dressed as an American soldierSe vistió de soldado americano
And also transformed his troopsY a sus tropas también las transformó

But when the Americans saw the flagsMas cuando vieron los gringos las banderas
With many stripes that Villa painted for themCon muchas barras que Villa les pintó
They landed with their airplanesSe bajaron con todo y aeroplanos
And Pancho Villa took them as prisonersY Pancho Villa prisioneros los tomó

All the people of Chihuahua and Ciudad JuárezToda la gente de Chihuahua y Ciudad Juárez
Were amazed and scaredMuy asombrada y asustada se quedó
Just to see so many Americans and CarrancistasSolo de ver tanto gringo y carrancista
That Pancho Villa left without earsQue Pancho Villa sin orejas los dejó

What would the big-headed Yankees thinkQue pensarían los bolillos tan patones
That they would scare us with cannonsQue con cañones nos iban a asustar
If they have plenty of airplanesSi ellos tienen aviones de a montones
Here we have the main thingAquí tenemos lo mero principal

All the Americans thought in their arroganceTodos los gringos pensaban en su alteza
That fighting was a piece of cakeQue combatir era un baile de carquís
And with their faces full of shameY con su cara llena de vergüenza
They all went back to their country in a hurrySe regresaron en bolón pa' su país

What would the Americans think thereQue pensarían ahí los americanos
That fighting was a piece of cakeQue combatir era un baile de carquís
With their faces full of shameCon su cara llena de vergüenza
They all went back to their countrySe regresaron todos a su país