Eleazar Del Fierro

Eleazar Del Fierro

Eleazar Del Fierro

In 1950, August was rolling on1950, el mes de agosto corría
Eleazar Del Fierro is dead nowYa murió Eleazar Del Fierro
The cops took him downLo mato la policía

They came from MatamorosVinieron de Matamoros
Trying to disarm himA quererlo desarmar
Eleazar had a feelingEleazar ya maliciaba
They were out to kill himQue lo querían matar

Eleazar had already saidEleazar ya había dicho
Before the crowd got wildAntes de hacerse la bola
"They'll kill me firstPrimero me matarán
Before they take my gun"Que quitarme mi pistola

Juan Osuna was the nameJuan Osuna se llamaba
Of the one who in that dark hourAquel que en tal mala hora
Shot him down with bulletsA balazos lo mató
From a machine gun's powerCon una ametralladora

Eleazar, seeing he was hitEleazar al verse herido
Just laughed at what had gone downSe río de lo que había hecho
Cowards like that ain't real menCobardes así son hombres
They should've faced him like a manHabían de entrar por derecho

Juan knew that by the rulesJuan sabía que por derecho
They couldn't shoot him downNo le podían hacer fuego
'Cause Eleazar was a manPorque Eleazar era un hombre
Who never knew of fearQue no conocía el miedo

After the gunfightDespués de la balacera
From that terrible hourDe aquella hora tan atroz
His soul went to restYa su alma fue a descansar
With God's justice in powerCon la justicia de Dios

Royal eagle, you who flewÁguila real que volaste
Don't tire of your flightNo te canses de volar
Go tell La PiedraAnda a avisar a La Piedra
That Eleazar's been killedQue mataron a Eleazar