La Muerte de La Cantinera

The Death of the Barmaid

La Muerte de La Cantinera

I'm gonna sing a balladVoy a cantar un corrido
You'll know the date soonLa fecha ya la sabrán
The barmaid has diedYa murió la cantinera
She just got buriedSe acaba de sepultar
She was killed by the copsLa mataron los gendarmes
In Huetamo, MichoacánEn Huetamo Michoacán

The barmaid was drinkingLa cantinera tomaba
In a little restaurantEn un chico restaurant
When the cops showed upCuando llegan los gendarmes
Trying to disarm herQueriéndola desarmar
But she replied to themPero ella les contestaba
You’ll have to kill me firstPrimero me han de matar

The cops were scared of herLos gendarmes le temían
And they backed off a bitY se echaron para atrás
They turned aroundSe dieron la media vuelta
And left her aloneY la dejaron en paz
But she kept on drinkingPero ella siguió tomando
In that same spotEn ese mismo lugar

The cops didn’t leaveLos gendarmes no se fueron
They came back againVolvieron a regresar
And the barmaid, so sureY la cantinera confiada
That nothing would happen to herQue nada le iba a pasar

But she didn’t have timePero ya no le dio tiempo
Not even to shootNi siquiera a disparar

And outside they opened fireY afuera le dispararon
With a machine gunCon pura ametralladora
And she was still shoutingY todavía les gritaba
Where’s my damn gun?En dónde está mi pistola
Lying there lifelessQuedando ahí sin vida
On top of a jukeboxSobre de una sinfonola

With this, I say goodbyeYa con esta me despido
I’m never coming backYa nunca voy a volver
I tell the copsLe digo a los policías
To do their damn jobQue cumplan con su deber
The barmaid is deadYa murió la cantinera
They’ve got nothing to fearNada tienen que temer