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.