Juan Martha

Juan Martha

Juan Martha

They said he carried the devilDecian que cargaba el diablo
Lies, he carried nothingMentiras no traia nada
What he carried on his waistLo que traia en su cintura
Was a pistolEra una pistola escuadra

He stole and killed peopleRobaba y mataba gente
Because that's how he had funPorque asi se divertia
His head had a priceSu cabeza tenia precio
Fifteen thousand pesos it was worthQuince mil pesos valia

Brave was Juan MarthaAguerrido era juan martha
And feared by the governmentY temido del gobierno
The rural police feared himLos rurales le temian
As if he were poisonComo si fuera veneno

At the Morita stationEn la estacion de morita
The rural police apprehended himLo aprehendieron los rurales
They took him to the palaceLo llevaron a palacio
Police and federal agentsPolicias y federales

His poor mother criedSu pobre madre lloraba
She cried and told themLloraba y se los decia
If they set her son freeSi me dieran libre a mi hijo
She would give fifteen thousand pesosQuince mil pesos daria

Don't cry anymore, dear motherYa no llores madrecita
Don't offer them anythingYa no les ofrezcas nada
When we reach that hillQue llegando aquel cerrito
I'll laugh at the authoritiesYo me rio de la acordada

Don't cry anymore, dear motherYa no llores madrecita
Don't torment meNo me estes atormentando
Of the hundred lives I oweQue de cien vidas que debo
I'm paying with oneCon una la estoy pagando

Tonight with the moonEsta noche con la luna
And tomorrow with the sunY mañana con el sol
They will take my lifeMe van a quitar la vida
For the love of GodSea por el amor de dios

With this, I bid you farewellYa con esta me despido
But I leave you a letterPero les dejo una carta
So you can keep singingPara que sigan cantando
The ballad of Juan MarthaEl corrido de juan martha