El Carrete

The Party

El Carrete

Year of 96Año del 96
February 6th was the day6 de febrero era el dia
They cornered the tigerAcorralaron al tigre
They called him the partyEl carrete le decian
He was at El Tonino'sSe encontraba en el tonino
In the house where he livedEn la casa en que vivia

Come out with your hands upSal con las manos en alto
They shouted at the partyLe gritaban al carrete
There were over 100 soldiersEran mas de 100 soldados
And in front was a lieutenantY al frente estaba un teniente
In El Tonino's ranchEn el rancho del tonino
Death was lurking aroundRondaba mucho la muerte

The legend beganLa leyenda comenzaba
In the year of 80En el año del 80
When he killed Don GregorioAl dar muerte a don gregorio
And 2 lieutenantsY a 2 tenientes de grado
He was accused of the deathsSe le achacaban las muertes
Of three or four soldiersDe tres o cuatro soldados

They shouted Carlos MezaLe gritaron carlos meza
We've come to arrest youVenimos a detenerte
We have you surroundedYa te tenemos rodeado
Your bad luck has comeTe llego tu mala suerte
Carlos Meza repliedCarlos meza respondio
With his AK-47Con su ak-47

He was already waiting for themYa los estaba esperando
I'm not afraid to dieNo tengo miedo morirme
Come for me whenever you wantVengan por mi cuando quieran
After all, you bring good riflesQue alcabo traen buenos rifles
I bring the devil in my handsYo traigo el diablo en mis manos
That doesn't let me surrenderQue no me deja rendirme

The tiger of MazatanEl tigre de mazatan
Who they killed this dayQue mataron este dia
A high-ranking militaryUn militar de alto grado
Ordered the huntOrdeno la cacería
They were from the 43rdEran del 43
Infantry BattalionBatallon de infanteria

More than 600 peopleMas de 600 personas
Gave him their farewellLe dieron la despedida
The musicians didn't stopLos musicos no paraban
Playing their favoritesTocando sus preferidas
LikeComo
You're leaving, my angelTe vas angel mio
And life is worth nothingY no vale nada la vida

Goodbye my dear motherAdios mi madre querida
Who saw me bornQue es la que me vio nacer
Goodbye my wife MariaAdios mi esposa maría
Goodbye Carlita tooAdios carlita tambien
To my horse and my dogA mi caballo y mi perro
I ask to take good care of them.Pido que lo cuiden bien.