Lyrics Linda Ronstadt – Corrido De Cananea

Spanish:

Voy a dar un pormenor
De lo que a mi me ha pasado
Que me han agarrado preso

Yo me fui para Agua Prieta
A ver quien me conocia
Y a las once de la noche
Me aprehendio la policia

Me aprehendieron los gendarmes
Al estilo americano
Como un hombre de delito
Todos con pistola en mano

La carcel de Cananea
Esta situada en una Mesa
Y en ella fui procesado
Por causa de mi torpeza

Despedida no la doy
Porque no la traigo aqui
Se la deje al santo nino
Y al senor de Mapimi

English translation: 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

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