Paroles et traduction Los Hermanos Barron - El Corrido del Mojado

El Corrido del Mojado

El 23 de noviembre
Me agarró la migración
Me preguntó "Trae papeles?"
Le contesté "No, señor."
El jefe de migracíon
Me dice "Lo siento mucho"
Tu eres Ruperto Martinez
Así lo dice el denuncio
Pasaporte no lo tengo
Porque nunca lo me han dado
Por eso me decidí
A pasarme de mojado
Me siguio la migración
Por pueblos, montes, y estados
Sería por la precaución
Me esposaron de los manos
De Eagle Pass hasta del rio
Me subierón en avion
Les pregunté a donde vamos
Me contestó el corralón
Esa carcel de Eagle Pass
Tiene 50 escalones
Donde bajan a los presos
A dar sus declaraciones
Alla los que son casados
Se acuerdan de sus mujeres
Se pasean como unos locos
Hablando con los paredes
Ya con esta me despida
Les dije a los del jurado
No vuelvo a los Estados Unidos
A pasarme de mojado
Estos versos son compuestos
Y van como despedida
Son de Ruperto Martinez
De Rio Brave, Coahuila

The Ballad of the Wetback

On November 23
I was caught by immigration
Asked me "Do you have papers?"
I replied "No, sir."
The chief of immigration
Tells me "I'm very sorry"
You're Ruperto Martinez
That's what the report says
I don't have a passport
Because they never gave me one
That's why I decided
To come here as an undocumented immigrant
Immigration followed me
Through towns, mountains, and states
It must have been a precaution
They handcuffed my hands
From Eagle Pass to the river
They put me on a plane
I asked them where we were going
To the county jail he replied
That Eagle Pass jail
Has 50 steps
Where they take the prisoners down
To make their statements
There, the ones who are married
Remember their wives
They pace around like crazy men
Talking to the walls
With this, I will say goodbye
I told the jurors
I will never return to the United States
As an undocumented immigrant
These verses are being composed
And they go as a farewell
They are from Ruperto Martinez
From Rio Brave, Coahuila