Lino Rodarte

Lino Rodarte

Lino Rodarte

Year of, one thousand nine hundredAño de, mil nueve cientos
The 22nd, what happenedEl 22, que paso
Lino Rodarte has already diedYa murió, “Lino Rodarte”
The government killed himEl gobierno lo mato

Lino was at the danceAndaba, Lino en el baile
When the hitmen arrivedCuando llego, la cortada
With the first shotsA los pri,meros balazos
People were amazedLa gente quedo asombrada

Lino was at the danceAndaba, Lino en el baile
Dancing with his belovedBailando c,on su querida
Virgin of solitudeVirgen de, la soledad
Better take my lifeQuitame mejor la vida

They took him to the roadLo sacaron, Pal camino
To see who knew himPa ver quien lo, conocía
I'm not Lino RodarteYo no soy, “Lino Rodarte”
My name is Juan MejillaYo me llamo Juan Mejilla
The commander tells himAy le dice el, comandante
It's very sad to remember youEs muy triste, recordarte
You're not Juan MejillaNo te llamas, Juan Mejilla
You're Lino RodarteTe llamas “Lino Rodarte”

And let's go to La Villa dey bamonos asta La Villa de
Jerez Zacatecas!!!!Jerez Zacatecas!!!!

Lino's parents used to sayDecían los, padres de Lino
What would I think, to be exactQue pensare, pa cabales
That if they gave me LinoQue si me, dieran a Lino
I would pay them with coinsYo les pagaría con riales

In the ranch, De La BorcaEn el rancho, De La Borca
Also in CargaderoTambién el, de Cargadero
Goodbye pretty girlsAdiós mu,chachas bonitas
You won't make money anymoreYa no ganaran dinero

Fly, fly little doveVuela vuela palomita
Fly and don't keep flyingVuela y no si,gue volando
Lino Rodarte has diedYa murió “Lino Rodarte”
They won't be looking for him anymoreYa no lo andarán buscando
I repeat the verseVuelvo a rep,etir, el verso
Because I said it backwardsPorque lo, di,je al revés
Lino Rodarte has diedYa murió “Lino Rodarte”
In the town of Jereeeeeez……………….El la villa de Jereeeeeez……………….