Voy a dar un pormenor
De lo que a mã me ha pasado,
Que me han agarrado preso
Siendo un galla tan jugado.
Yo me fui para Agua Prieta
A ver quiã©n me conocãa
Y a las once de la noche
Me aprehendiã³ la policia.
Me aprehendieron los gendarmes
Al estilo americano,
Como un hombre de delito,
Todos con pistola en mano.
La cã¡rcel de Cananea
Estã¡ situada en una Mesa
Y en ella fui procesado
Por causa de mi torpeza.
Despedida no la doy
Porque no la traigo aquã
Se la deje al santo niño
Y al señor de Mapimi.
Ballad of Cananea
I'm going to detail
What happened to me,
That they have taken me prisoner
Being a well played rooster.
(Even though I've been around and
should have known better.)
I went to Agua Prieta
To see if I had a reputation there
And at 11:00 at night
The police apprehended me.
They arrested me
In the American style,
As though I were a criminal
All of them with pistol in hand.
The jail of Cananea
Is situated on a plateau
And in it I was processed
On account of my stupidity.
I give you no farewell
For I don't have it with me
Leave it to the Holy Child
And to the Lord of Mapimi.
