Corrido de Tesia

Ballad of Tesia

Corrido de Tesia

As told in the storyComo se cuenta en la historia
Throughout the whole regionPor todita la región
That path of TesiaEse camino de tesia
Street leading to the PantheonCalle con rumbo al Pantéon
Several whole familiesVarias familias enteras
Kill each other without compassionSe matan sin compacion

That channel of the batteriesEse canal de las pilas
Witness of so many deathsTestigo de tantas muertes
Men who are shotHombres que son balceados
And left to their fateY dejados a su suerte
In the mezquital it is saidEn el mezquital se dice
Death is lurkingAnda rondando la muerte

Many became famousMuchos se hicieron famosos
In those shootoutsEn aquellas balaceras
Among them Chito JulianoEntre ellos chito juliano
Also the Galves BarrerasTambién los Galves barreras
In the name of many othersEn el nombre de otros tantos
From the Mayo River and its banksDel rio mayo y sus riveras

They were already guilty of several crimesYa debían varios delitos
Major injuriesLesiones al por mayor
There the cattle was lostAhí se perdía el ganado
They had sown terrorTenian sembrado el terror
And they harvestedY levantaban cosechas
And the best drugsY droga de la mejor

Those bursts from the valleyEsas ráfagas del valle
Spoil the regionHechan a perder la región
They will be heard againYa volverán a escuchárse
When he gets out of prisonCuando salga de prisión
A man who is in jailUn hombre que está en la cárcel
Known as El PelónQue le apodan el pelón

From the Tesia lagoonDe la laguna de tesia
A machine gun is heardSe escucha una metralleta
Answered from Buena VistaContesta de buena vista
That's Wilfrido SazuetaEse es wilfrido sazueta
Friends, I'm with youCompas yo estoy con ustedes
Here I bring my shotgunAqui traigo mi escopeta

Little town on the other sidePueblito de la otra banda
From the Mayo River upDel río mayo para arriba
If you hear this balladSi escuchan este corrido
We will return another dayVolveremos otro día
To sing it on horsebackPara cantarlo a caballo
In the ranch of SiquisivaEn el rancho siquisiva