The Ballad of the Pérez Family

El Corrido de los Pérez

In nineteen eleven,En mil novecientos once,
I will explain very well,les voy a explicar muy bien,
they killed two brothersmataron a dos hermanos
and a cousin as well.y a un primo hermano tambien.
On Thursday, April twentiethEl jueves veinte de abril
around three in the afternoon,como a las tres de la tarde,
Don Mariano Perez diedmurio Don Mariano Perez
at the hands of a coward.en las manos de un cobarde.
Such unfortunate races,Carreras tan desgraciadas,
those races on the hill,esas carreras del cerro,
lost lives and horses,perdieron vida y caballos,
and lost their money.y perdieron su dinero.

JUST DON'T CRY, BUDDY!!!NOMAS NO CHILLE COMPADRE!!!
Monico de Luna,El dos Monico de Luna,
was the one who lit the fuse,fue el que la mecha prendio,
and with the first shots,y a los primeros balazos,
he was the first to run.fue el primero que corrio.
Gabino Perez said,Gabino Perez decia,
very firm in his reasons,muy macizo en sus razones,
I also die on the line,yo tambien muero en la raya,
I'm not a coward's breed.no soy cria de correlones.
Isidro Perez told him,Isidro Perez le dijo,
leave it be for peace,dejala ya por la paz,
for it would benefit us,pues asi nos convendria,
let's not say more by God.sea por Dios no digo mas.
Gabino Perez said,Gabino Perez decia,
they hit us unfairly,nos pegaron a la mala,
if they had spoken honestly,si hubieran habla'o al derecho,
another story would be told.otro gallo les cantara.
Isidro fell to the south,Isidro cayo pal' sur,
Jesus fell to the north,pal' norte cayo Jesus,
Mariano to the east,Mariano para el oriente,
like painting a cross.como pintando una cruz.
Fly, fly little dove,Vuela, vuela palomita,
fly beloved dove,vuela paloma querida,
tell the father of The Pérez,dile al padre de Los Perez,
that here his life ended.!que aqui termino su vida.!