Mataron Al Palomo - Los Rieleros del Norte translation in English

Mataron Al Palomo

Señores voy a cantarles
El corrido del palomo.

Señores voy a cantarles
El corrido del palomo
Potro de cascos ligeros
Fino y macizo su lomo
En la feria de San Marcos
Gano por ultimo el moro.

Era un domingo de ramos
Como a las tres de la tarde
Cuando un tiro de pistola
Se oyó que rompía el aire
Palomo atrás se quedaba
Su rival se fue adelante.

Con una gran desconfianza
Corría siempre por fuera
Ahí firmo su sentencia
Al tomar la delantera
Llego primero a la meta
Ganó su ultima carrera.

Lo llevaron al pesebre
Y el güero dueño del moro
Era un villano cobarde
Y al verlo que estaba solo
Le dio un balazo en la frente
Y así moría el palomo.

Quedo mirando hacia el cielo
Como acusando al cobarde
En eso llega su dueño
Mas ya no puedo salvarle
Y entre sollozos le dijo
Te juro voy a vengarte.

Pedro anda de feria en feria
Solo trae un pensamiento
Lleva en su alma una herida
Que no ha sanado ni el tiempo
Al cielo le pide vida
Pa cumplir su juramento

The Pigeon was Shot

Ladies, I'm gonna sing
The ballad of the pigeon.

Ladies, I'm gonna sing
The ballad of the pigeon
A colt with swift hooves
Slender and solid his back
At the San Marcos fair
Moro won at last.

It was a Palm Sunday
At about three in the afternoon
When a pistol shot
Rang out through the air
Palomo was left behind
His rival went ahead.

With great suspicion
He always ran on the outside
That's where he sealed his fate
When he took the lead
He reached the finish line first
He won his last race.

They took him to the manger
And the fair-haired owner of Moro
Was a cowardly villain
And seeing that he was alone
He shot him in the forehead
And that's how Palomo died.

He stared up at the sky
As if accusing the coward
That's when his owner arrived
But it was too late to save the bird
And through sobs he said
I swear I'll avenge you.

Pedro travels from fair to fair
He has only one thought
He carries a wound in his soul
That neither time nor space can heal
He asks heaven for life
To fulfill his oath.