Poor Howard

Pobre Howard

Poor Howard

Pobre Howard está muerto y se fue, me dejó aquí para cantar su canciónPoor Howard's dead and gone, left me here to sing his song
Pobre Howard está muerto y se fue, me dejó aquí para cantar su canciónPoor Howard's dead and gone, left me here to sing his song

Pobre Howard tenía una esposa y ella lo fastidiaba toda su vidaPoor Howard had a wife and she nagged him all his life
Así que usó su cuchillo de carnicero---como dije, tenía una esposaSo he used his butcher knife---like I said he had a wife

Ahora pobre Howard está muerto y se fue...Now poor Howard's dead and gone...

Lo llevaron a Howard a la cárcel, no me dejaron pagar su fianza,They took Howard off to jail, wouldn't let me go his bail,
Dijeron que si él es tu amigo, compra un lirio para su manoThey said if he is your friend, buy a lily for his hand

Pobre Howard está muerto y se fue...Poor Howard's dead and gone...
Cuando pusimos sus huesos a descansar cumplimos su último deseoWhen we laid his bones to rest we fulfilled his last request
Dijo amigos entiérrenme lejos de ella tanto como puedanHe said buddies bury me far from her as I can be

Ahora pobre Howard está muerto y se fue...Now poor Howard's dead and gone...

Sus últimas palabras fueron 'Amigos, adiós. No se preocupen; no lloren.His last words were 'Friends, goodbye. Don't you worry; don't you cry.
No me importa ser ahorcado, al menos detuve su lengua de fastidio'I don't mind this a gettin' hung, at least I stopped her naggin' tongue'

Ahora pobre Howard está muerto y se fue...Now poor Howard's dead and gone...