Siete Leguas

Seven Leagues

Siete Leguas

Seven Leagues, the horseSiete Leguas, el caballo
That Villa cherished the mostQue Villa más estimaba
When he heard the trains whistleCuando oía pitar los trenes
He would stop and neighSe paraba y relinchaba
Seven Leagues, the horseSiete Leguas, el caballo
That Villa cherished the mostQue Villa más estimaba

At the Irapuato stationEn la estación de Irapuato
The horizons sangCantaban los horizontes
There the Bracamontes brigadeAhí combatió formal
Formally foughtLa brigada Bracamontes
At the Irapuato stationEn la estación de Irapuato
The horizons sangCantaban los horizontes

Listen, Francisco VillaOye tú, Francisco Villa
What does your heart say?¿Qué dice tu corazón?
Don't you remember, brave oneYa no te acuerdas, valiente
That you attacked Paredón?Que atacaste Paredón
Don't you remember, brave oneYa no te acuerdas, valiente
That you took Torreón?Que tomaste a Torreón

Around three in the afternoonComo a las tres de la tarde
The locomotive whistledSilbó la locomotora
Up, Villa, boysArriba Villa, muchachos
Get the machine gun readyPongan la ametralladora
Around three in the afternoonComo a las tres de la tarde
The locomotive whistledSilbó la locomotora

Goodbye, towers of ChihuahuaAdiós, torres de Chihuahua
Goodbye, towers of CanteraAdiós, torres de Cantera
Here comes Francisco VillaYa vino Francisco Villa
To take away what's yours, PanteraA quitarles lo Pantera
Here comes Francisco VillaAhí vino Francisco Villa
To reclaim the BorderA devolver la Frontera